purpose: to evaluate color vision in patients with type ii diabetes mellitus without diabetic retinopathy and compare the results with those of age- and sex- matched normal individuals. methods: this descriptive, comparative study was conducted on 100 diabetic patients without any sign of retinopathy and 100 age- and sex-matched normal subjects. color vision was evaluated using ishihara and far...

introduction:diabetes is a significant and expensive health problem which had influenced all the ages in almost all the countries. increasing prevalence of this disease has been caused by continued changes in lifestyle such as unsuitable nutrition, lack of physical activities and fatness which is often related to modern city life, mechanization and industrialization. it is an expensive disease,...

introduction: it seems that improvement in care and new treatment and screening methods along with better control of diabetes mellitus (dm) has led to a change in incidence of diabetic complications, especially diabetic retinopathy .this study was performed to assess the 4 years incidence rate of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type ii diabetes and factors affecting its progression. metho...

Background:The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing worldwide and the relationship between peripheral vascular involvement and the complications of diabetes disease, such as retinopathy, has been reported in some studies but has not yet been fully proven. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between diabetes complications and peripheral and central vascular involve...

Background: Nephrotic syndrome and type 1 diabetes mellitus are two common chronic conditions in children. Co-existence of these conditions is an extremely rare finding. Case presentation: This report presents a 6-year-old boy who was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome five years ago and type 1 diabetes mellitus in infancy. Renal biopsy showed membranous glomerulonephritis, which is a rare h...

abstract  introduction: ischemic heart diseases (ihd) is the major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. diabetes mellitus (dm) is known as one of the main risk factors of ihd. silent ischemia is seen in diabetic patients more that in others. identification of these cases is of great value in clinical practice. in this study, ecg changes and their relationship with clinical symptoms of is...

The aim of this study is to determine the effects of aerobic training on serum FGF21 levels and glucose in women with type II diabetes mellitus. Women with type II diabetes mellitus were divided into two groups including control (n=14) and aerobic training (n=14) the mean levels of serum FGF21, glucose were measured in all participants after 8 weeks exercise. The mean of FGF21 levels after exer...

Purpose :To assess the association of Diabetic Rtinopathy in Type – II Diabetes Mellitus with HbA1c (Glycosylated Haemoglobin) levels. Materials and Methods :Present study was carried out in type – II Diabetes Mellitus patients at Dr. PSIMS & RF, Chinnaoutpalli. Results : Out of 100 patients in the study the mean age of Diabetes Mellitus is 15.99 years + 5.68 years. The mean of HbA1c is in the ...