background: information regarding the frequency and severity of eye involvement in diabetic patients and its risk factors can be useful for prevention and treatment. this study aimed to determine the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and its associated risk factors in diabetic patients who referred to teaching hospitals in babol, mazandaran.  methods: in this study a total of 1562 patients wit...

the incidence of diabetes mellitus (dm) is increasing rapidly and it is expected to increase by 2030. other than currently available therapeutic options, there are a lot of herbal medicines, which have been recommended for its treatment. herbal medicines have long been used for the treatment of dm because of the advantage usually having no or less side-effects. most of these plants have antioxi...

conclusions in critically ill patients, the symptoms of hypophosphatemia may not be apparent, but clinicians should be vigilant about this complication during therapy. in cases of severe symptoms (e.g., cardiopulmonary distress, anemia and thrombocytopenia, or rhabdomyolysis), phosphate therapy under close surveillance is warranted. introduction although asymptomatic hypophosphatemia is a commo...

objective(s):hyperglycemia mediated oxidative stress plays a key role in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications like nephropathy. in the present study, we evaluated the effect of ethanolic extract of ensete superbum seeds (esse) on renal dysfunction and oxidative stress in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. materials and methods:glucose, hba1c, total protein, albumin, renal function mark...

background: the clinical symptoms of diabetes mellitus in oral cavity are xerostomia, pathological changes in periodontal tis­sues and caries. it has been suggested that the determination of salvia`s components in diabetic patients may be useful in de­scribing and further understanding the oral findings in this condition. the aim of this study was to detect differences be­tween the salivary alb...

type 1 diabetes mellitus is frequently associated with autoimmune thyroid disease (atd).genetic susceptibility for autoantibody formation in association with atd and type 1 diabetes mellitus has been described with varying frequencies, but there is still debate about its prevailing situation in iran.  we have therefore investigated the prevalence of anti-thyroid peroxidase (anti-tpo) and anti t...

the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of ethanolic extract of murraya koenigii leaves (mkl) on blood glucose level and in prevention or management of diabetic neuropathy. in the present study the diabetic neuropathy was developed 9 weeks after single injection of streptozotocin (stz, 70 mg/kg i.v.) in rat. the treatment with mkl (300 and 500 mg/kg p.o.) was started after stabi...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : diabetic macular edema (dme) is the most common cause of reduced vision in diabetic patients. with regards to its prevalence and its severe morbidity, attention to new methods of treatment like anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) therapy is of great importance. therefore, this study aimed to evaluat...