BACKGROUND Both smoking and diabetes can increase the risk and influence the manifestations and outcomes of tuberculosis (TB). It is not clear whether the influence of smoking on pulmonary TB differs between non-diabetic and diabetic patients. Herein, we assessed the manifestations and outcomes of TB in relation to smoking in both diabetic and non-diabetic TB patients. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL F...

A new system of ophthalmological evaluation of diabetic patients in a teaching hospital has been devised. All the patients attending the diabetic clinic were screened by ophthalmologists. Any patient with a problem was then referred to a diabetic ophthalmology clinic where a full evaluation was done and treatment given where necessary. In an 18-month period 1,015 new ophthalmological diabetic p...

OBJECTIVE The incidence of some cancers has been reported to be higher in diabetic patients than in the general population. We estimated the incidence of lung cancer in diabetic patients and investigated the hypothesis that the rate of lung cancer is different in diabetic compared with nondiabetic patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Diabetic patients and age-, sex-, and general practice-mat...

Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis is a commonly presenting complication of diabetes occurring in type 1 and occasionally 2 DM patients as well, the precipitating factors for which are varied only few studies have explored this. Objective : To review causative that lead to occurrence DKA among adult age group Bahrain. Methods: The study was conducted retrospective, descriptive method Salmaniya M...

Objectives: To find out an association between type 2 diabetes mellitus and a clinical periodontal parameter i.e Pocket depth.Materials Methods: This research(case control) was performed in two hospitals of Peshawar, Prime Teaching hospital Peshawar Dental hospital. Type Diabetics with Periodontal problem,referred tothe Periodontology departments both the from June 2018 to January 2019, were in...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this report is to present a rare case of allergic chelitis secondary to latex in an elderly diabetic patient. There are very few reported cases of allergic cheilitis in literature. Most of the reported cases of allergic chelitis were secondary to cosmetics, tooth pastes or impression materials. Few cases of rubber dam induced allergic cheilitis and stomatitis reported....

CONTEXT Atypical antipsychotic agents are associated with diabetes mellitus and pancreatitis. Aripiprazole, a new antipsychotic, has never been implicated to cause either diabetes mellitus or pancreatitis. We present a patient who developed diabetes mellitus after being started on aripiprazole. CASE REPORT A 33 year-old male with schizophrenia presented with fatigue, dyspepsia and epigastric ...

Diabetic dyslipidemia is a metabolic syndrome growing exponentially in number during these last decade. Unhealthy diet such as fast food and sedentary lifestyle contributes to this increasing prevalence of syndrome. characterized with increased blood level triglycerides, LDL cholesterol, decreased HDL cholesterol level. In most cases, patient diabetic asymptomatic, yet has chances complications...

Approximately 18 million people suffer from diabetes mellitus, also known as diabetes, only in the United States which is 5% of the total population. It is the seventh leading cause of death. By 2020, the cost associated with diabetic treatment is expected to rise as high as $192 billion (Freer, March 2011). There is no cure for diabetic till date. Measuring glucose level in a diabetic patient ...