Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is one of the greatest thoughtful difficulties diabetes, negatively affecting patient's health and socioeconomic status. Around world, diabetes prevalence increasing in both developing developed countries. There are several measures place most countries to limit complications. This review summarizes pathogenic mechanisms that lead diabetic focuses on prevention managem...

PURPOSE Assessment of quality of life, especially from the psychological point of view, is likely to be strongly influenced by the degree of acceptance of one's own illness and the resultant negative emotional reactions associated with the illness itself. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between quality of life and the degree of acceptance of illness in diabetic pa...

BACKGROUND We investigated the prevalence of diabetic autonomic neuropathy (DAN) and vestibular dysfunction (VD) in diabetic patients with peripheral neuropathy. METHODS Thirty-five diabetic patients with peripheral neuropathy were enrolled from August 2008 to July 2009. All subjects underwent autonomic function tests. Nineteen of the patients (54.3%) underwent videonystagmography. RESULTS ...

Neuropathic pain is defined by International Association for Study of Pain (IASP) as pain arising as a direct consequence of lesion or disease of the system either somatosensory system either at peripheral or central level [1]. Diabetic neuropathy and Postherpetic neuralgia are major causes of neuropathic pain. It has been seen that neuropathy is a common complication of diabetes, affecting up ...

BACKGROUND Diabetic sensory neuropathy is a common form of microvascular complication among diabetic patients. The swiftly growing population of people living with diabetes in Ethiopia and lack of elaborated scientific data on peripheral sensory neuropathy among diabetic population in Ethiopia prompted this work. This study was set out to assess the enormity and associated factors of peripheral...

introduction: diabetes mellitus impairs the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins, which leads to the dysfunction of the central and peripheral nervous system. this study evaluates the effects of an aloe vera hydro-alcoholic extract on diabetic neuropathy. materials and methods: for this study, 48 healthy male sprague dawley rats(weighed 250-200 g) were randomly divided in to three g...

Diabetic foot ulcers and infections are common complications of diabetic disease. Additionally, these a cause morbidity impose substantial burden to the patient society. It is imperative understand major contributing factors, namely, neuropathy, peripheral arterial disease, immune system dysfunction in order guide treatment. Management disease begins with detailed history thorough physical exam...