introduction: diabetic retinopathy is a major cause of blindness and a fundamental cause of disability in diabetic patients in the world. investigation about the quality of life in these patients can help plan for taking nursing measures to prevent or control the disease and improve patients’ quality of life. objective: this study aimed to determine the quality of life in patients with diabetic...

abstract background: diabetic neuropathy is the most common micro-vascular complications of diabetes. the drugs including gabapentin and duloxetine are often used for the treatment of pain associated with diabetic neuropathy. this study aimed to compare the efficacy of duloxetine and gabapentin in the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. materials and methods: totally, 34 patients aged ...

background: diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder and its subsequent complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, ulcers,disability, and amputation increase the burden of the disease. patient knowledge-improving programs are employed to prevent disease progression and to improve the quality of life of the patients. in this way, we need to characterize the groups of patients in urgent nee...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: nowadays vitamin d deficiency is a notable medical condition world-wide and also in iran. since, vitamin d can have reoprotective effect by inhibiting the renin-angiotensin system; it appears that low vitamin d level can worsen the renal injury in diabetic patients. this study demonstrates the effect of vitamin d 3 therapy on reducing pr...

background:diabetic retinopathy (dr) is a sight-threatening microvascular complication of diabetes in which the vascular endothelium is damaged due to oxidative stress and inflammation, and vitreous vegf concentration becomes elevated. the aim of the present study was to assess the association of dr with genetic variations of the mnsod, a major antioxidant enzyme, and vegf, an important mediato...

background: health literacy is the ability to obtain, read, understand and use healthcare information to make appropriate health decisions and follow instructions for treatment. the aim of this study was to identify the effect of various factors on health literacy in patients with diabetes.   methods: this was a cross-sectional observational study of 407 iranian patients older than 15 years of ...

over the past three decades physicians have used light level laser therapy (lllt) for the management and the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy and have obtained results that calls for further investigations. this study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of lllt in treatment of pain symptoms in patients with diabetic polyneuropathy. in this study 60 patients with diabetic periphera...

abstract in this presentation, a case of bilateral choroidal folds in patient with diabetic retinopathy was reported. by our knowledge, this case presentation is the first report of choroidal folds in diabetic retinopathy, which bilateral symmetric and horizontal folds arranged in macula. the thick choroid that is developed in diabetics may be a cause of these folds but the source of difference...

objective: diabetic nephropathy is a major diabetes complication. arterial resistance index (ri) may predict deterioration in kidney function. this study was designed to compare renal arterial ri in different stages of renal function according to glomerular filtration rate (gfr), serum creatinine level and proteinuria. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study on 81 diabetic patients in...

preliminary studies revealed that urtica dioica has been known as a plant that decrease blood glucose. despite the importance of this plant in herbal medicine, relatively little research has been down on effects of this plant on islets yet. the objective of the current study was to evaluate the effect of dried urtica dioica leaf alcoholic and aqueous extracts on the number and the diameter of t...