A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY- CUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS OF DIABETES
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 71
Abstract
BACKGROUND Diabetes is the most common non-communicable disease globally. Awareness of mucocutaneous manifestations may lead to recognition of yet undiagnosed DM. MATERIALS AND METHODS It is a descriptive and observational study conducted on 75 diabetic patients. Investigations performed included urine for sugar, protein, fasting and post prandial blood sugar, blood urea, serum creatinine, lipid profile, liver function test and ECG. Special investigations like culture and sensitivity of pus, skin scrapings for fungal infections and biopsy of skin lesion was done in selected cases. Analysis was carried out using SPSS 10. RESULTS Of 75 patients examined, 60 patients (80%) suffered from cutaneous lesions. Some patients suffered from more than one lesion; 50% of total cases suffered from infections. Diabetic dermopathy in our study was observed in 20% of the patients. Some of the cutaneous markers of diabetes mellitus like necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum, diabetic bullae, acquired perforating dermatosis and stiff skin syndrome is not seen in our study. CONCLUSION This study was done to highlight the importance of association of cutaneous lesions and diabetes mellitus.
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Pooja Nupur, Sweety Thakur, Yogesh Kumar Yashaswi
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