diabetes mellitus (dm) is a major public health problem. objective of current study was to know the demography, clinical characteristics and etiology of youth diabetes mellitus (dm) in kashmir, north india. methods: a prospective hospital based study, carried out in the department of endocrinology, skims srinagar, kashmir india over the period from 2008 july - september 2010. setting: a teachin...

Diabetes mellitus is a public health problem significantly contributing to morbidity and mortality worldwide. The patients are highly prone opportunistic infections with major systemic as well cutaneous fungi. fungal frequent in diabetics include Candidiasis Aspergillosis. most commonly involved species Aspergillus niger, flavus fumigatus. Presenting here case of 60 years male history diabetes ...

OBJECTIVE Muscle weakness and atrophy of the lower limbs may develop in patients with diabetes, increasing their risk of falls. The underlying basis of these abnormalities has not been fully explained. The aim of this study was to objectively quantify muscle strength and size in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in relation to the severity of neuropathy, intramuscular noncontractile...

multiple myeloma is a malignant plasma cell disorder that accounts for approximately 10% of all hematologic cancers. it is characterized by accumulation of clonal plasma cells, predominantly in the bone marrow. the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing; therefore, it is expected that there will be an increase in the diagnosis of multiple myeloma with concomitant diabetes mellitus. the tre...

sarah was  a 22 year old woman who passing her first pregnancy.  the  pregnancy was unplanned and random and she did not know her last menstrual history. he was visited at home by a midwife community health. no important problem was found in his medical history but he was  smoking 20 cigarettes daily . it was noteworthy that saeed ,his wife, had transient neonatal diabetes history. although sar...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 diabetic muscle infarction (dmi) is an unusual complication of diabetes mellitus. it is usually seen in long-standing diabetes mellitus. this article presents a case of dmi in the left forearm of a 58-year-old woman. she had a swollen forearm. the level of creatine kinase was 5930 u / l. her condition was initially suspect...

we report the case of a 65 year old man with recent onset of insulin requiring diabetes mellitus, frequent attacks of anginal chest pain, paroxysmal hypertension poorly controlled with three medications, hyperlipidemia, and mild renal insufficiency. the patient was found to have pheochromocytoma of the left adrenal gland, resection of which resulted in total resolution of diabetes, hypertension...

concurrent disorders with diabetes mellitus is one of the most challenging subject. our knowledge of the most common concurrent disorders in diabetic dogs may be useful in diagnosis of these disorders and better treatment of diabetic dogs. in this study diabetes mellitus was diagnosed in a 7-year-old male german shepherd dog, based on clinical and laboratory findings. following the diagnosis of...

BACKGROUND Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a condition characterized by restricted blood flow to the extremities, and is especially common in the elderly. PAD increases the risk for mortality and morbidity in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), especially those on hemodialysis (HD). METHODS The records of 484 patients with end-stage renal disease who were on HD or peritoneal dial...