BACKGROUND Diabetes has been associated with several complications occasioned by oxidative stress. Thus, in treatment of the condition, these complications must also be taken into consideration. This study evaluates the effect of Cnidoscolus aconitifolius complications of diabetes induced by alloxan, on haematology and sperm morphometry using the Wistar rats. METHODS Diabetes was induced in 2...

Lowering the glucose level in diabetic patients reduces the risk of many consequences which are usually reported in these patients. Non-insulin dependent (type II) diabetes which cannot be controlled with sulfonylureas alone can be controlled with a combination of sulfonylurea and insulin. In an open randomized trial 58 patients were divided into three groups. The fIrst group received only ...

Accepted 15 February 1995 A 67-year-old woman was admitted because of a progressive impairment in her visual fields during the last six days, together with bilateral fronto-orbicular cephalea, particularly in the morning. In 1980 she had been diagnosed as suffering from diabetes insipidus. For this, she received chlorpropamide and clofibrate, and then inhaled desmopresine. A radiological study ...

Ethanolic extracts of Canarium schweinfurthii stem bark and Senna alata leaf, and aqueous extract of unripe Carica papaya fruit, at two different doses (150, 400 mg/kg), were evaluated for antihyperglycaemic and hypolipidemic effects on alloxan-induced diabetic rats following daily oral administration for 28 days. While antihyperglycaemic effect was lacking in Senna alata, it was persistent (P<...

Seven patients with a rare syndrome of diabetes insipidus (DI), diabetes mellitus (DM), optic atrophy (OA), neurosensory deafness (D), atony of the urinary tract, and other abnormalities (Wolfram or DIDMOAD syndrome) are reported. Of the seven patients, three siblings were followed up for 10-17 years. All seven patients had diabetes mellitus and optic atrophy; six had diabetes insipidus; and in...