background: beside various factors for producing diabetes, it seems that chronic hepatitis c, hiv/hcv co-infection, and anti-retroviral treatment especially including protease inhibitors may predispose to diabetes. this study conducted to determine prevalence of diabetes in hiv and hcv patients. methods: the registries of 150 hcv patients, 50 hiv patients and 90 hiv/hcv co-infected patients in ...

conclusions as the prevalence of hypomagnesaemia among patients with type 2 diabetes treated at the ncdeg was found to be 19% (95% ci, 16.8%-21.4%), we recommend periodic determination of magnesium level and appropriate magnesium replacement therapy particularly among the above defined groups. results out of 1105 patients with type 2 diabetes, 210 patients (19%) (95% ci, 16.8%-21.4%) were hypom...

. 12.00 background: diabetes is a major health problem, which has a wide prevalence in the world. there is no sign of its stopping, but it is increasing. diabetes in children is three to four times more common than other childhood diseases. diagnosis of diabetes for children causes emotional responses in parents and family members. interventions for children with diabetes involve the family, ch...

chorea is brief, quasi-purposeful, irregular muscle contractions, not repetitive or rhythmic, but flows from one muscle to the next and athetosis is slow, writhing, continuous, worm-like movements of distal extremities (chiefly the fingers) which show bizarre positioning without posturing. metabolic causes have been documented earlier, note worthy of that being diabetes. choreoathetosis has bee...

introductio n: gestational diabetes is a medical condition that can lead to adverse outcomes of pregnancy. in this regard, the best way to reduce symptoms in patients, is to educate. this study was to determine the effect of face to face training and booklet on the consequences of maternal and fetal - neonatal diabetes in pregnancy.    method : the study is randomized controlled clinical trial ...

background: diabetic ketoacidosis (dka) is the final consequence and life-threatening complication of severe insulin deficiency in type 1 diabetes with occurrence of 20-40%. the aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and predisposing factors of dka and its consequences. methods: this retrospective study was performed on 128 diabetic patients in amirkola children’s hospital in 2005-2...

the purpose of this survey was the study of the occurrence of anxiety and depression symptoms in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with regard to sex and body mass index (bmi). 333 individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus participated in the study. their demographic and clinical features were examined. the self–completed questionnaire ηads was used for anxiety and depression level evaluat...