Diabetic polyneuropathy can lead to atrophy and weakness of distally located striated muscles due to denervation. Lack of neurotrophic support is believed to contribute to the development of diabetic neuropathy. In this study, we measured the expression of nerve growth factor (NGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin 3 (NT-3), neurotrophin 4 (NT-4) and ciliary neurotrophic f...

A simple device is described, consisting of 12 weighted 23 gauge disposable needles (0.2 to 5.2 g), for testing sensation in busy diabetic clinics. The pinprick sensory threshold (PPT) is the lightest weighted needle which consistently elicits a sharp sensation. The subjects were 48 healthy controls (hospital staff), 44 diabetic patients without neuropathic symptoms, and 35 diabetic patients wi...

1. Forced expiratory flow rates and specific airways conductance were measured before and after the inhalation of the atropine-like drug ipratropium bromide in 11 diabetic patients with autonomic neuropathy and a control group of 11 diabetic patients without autonomic neuropathy. Respiratory muscle function was assessed by recording maximal inspiratory and expiratory mouth pressures. 2. There w...

Sensitivity and specificity of neuropathy diabetes score, neuropathy symptoms score, diabetic neuropathy score and esthesiometry compared with the gold standards Michigan neuropathy screening instrument (MNSI) and Beck depression inventory (BDI)

Background: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors reduce the risk, and progression, of diabetic kidney disease. We hypothesized that sodium-glucose could similarly improve microvascular complication neuropathy.

The incidence of diabetes mellitus is continuously growing worldwide, while the specific chronic complications that it induces have a negative impact on life expectancy andquality, entailing extremely high costs of healthcare services. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is one of the most common chronic complications of diabetes, affecting almost half of diabetic people during life. This review aim...

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Background and objectives: Diabetes is a metabolic disease with hyperglycemia, decrease in insulin secretion or de-sensitization of peripheral cells to insulin.Onosmadichroanthum is a species of Boraginaceae and is used in traditional medicine for its anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and antibiotic properties, however data on its anti-diabetic effects ...

Diabetic neuropathy affects up to 60 percent of the estimated 13 million Americans who have diabetes mellitus. Foot and ankle complications are responsible for more hospital admissions than all other complications of diabetes mellitus combined. Neuropathy is more likely to affect patients who have higher degrees of hyperglycemia and a longer history of diabetes, and those who are older, taller ...