conclusions the lh is a common problem in insulin-treated jordanian patients with t2dm. more efforts are needed to educate patients and health workers on simple interventions such as using shorter needles and frequent rotation of the insulin injection sites to avoid lh and improve glycemic control. results the overall prevalence of lh was 37.3% (27.4% grade 1, 9.7% grade 2, and 0.2% grade 3). t...

background : pancreas as the insulin-producing gland is subjected to destruction and change in the diabetes-producing process. realtime sonography can assess the gland in 95% of cases and its accuracy in diagnosis of pancreatic disease matches that of ct-scan. the purpose of this study was to evaluate pancreatic diameter and echogenicity by sonography and to examine the correlation of these two...

malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus (mrdm) is a major form of secondary diabetes, restricted to tropical developing countries. we studied 200 cases of diabetes mellitus aged 6-18 years in fars province to find the prevalence of mrdm. there were 14 cases who had clinical and laboratory findings compatible with mrdm. the mean age at presentation was 8.6±3 years, with a male to female ratio of3...

multiple myeloma is a malignant plasma cell disorder that accounts for approximately 10% of all hematologic cancers. it is characterized by accumulation of clonal plasma cells, predominantly in the bone marrow. the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing; therefore, it is expected that there will be an increase in the diagnosis of multiple myeloma with concomitant diabetes mellitus. the tre...

extract   modern societies in comparison to the past have more expectations from nurses. nowadays beside the nursing care, nurses have other roles such as use of capabilities in providing knowledge to nursing students. understanding the kind of treatment, nurses would be succeeded in their nursing care. professional nurses are responsible to accommodate their knowledge with the developing nursi...

sarah was  a 22 year old woman who passing her first pregnancy.  the  pregnancy was unplanned and random and she did not know her last menstrual history. he was visited at home by a midwife community health. no important problem was found in his medical history but he was  smoking 20 cigarettes daily . it was noteworthy that saeed ,his wife, had transient neonatal diabetes history. although sar...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 diabetic muscle infarction (dmi) is an unusual complication of diabetes mellitus. it is usually seen in long-standing diabetes mellitus. this article presents a case of dmi in the left forearm of a 58-year-old woman. she had a swollen forearm. the level of creatine kinase was 5930 u / l. her condition was initially suspect...

we report the case of a 65 year old man with recent onset of insulin requiring diabetes mellitus, frequent attacks of anginal chest pain, paroxysmal hypertension poorly controlled with three medications, hyperlipidemia, and mild renal insufficiency. the patient was found to have pheochromocytoma of the left adrenal gland, resection of which resulted in total resolution of diabetes, hypertension...

concurrent disorders with diabetes mellitus is one of the most challenging subject. our knowledge of the most common concurrent disorders in diabetic dogs may be useful in diagnosis of these disorders and better treatment of diabetic dogs. in this study diabetes mellitus was diagnosed in a 7-year-old male german shepherd dog, based on clinical and laboratory findings. following the diagnosis of...