background: diabetes mellitus is the most common metabolic disorder with many complications such as neuropathic pain which relief from it is a dilemma. objectives: to investigate the effect of hydroethanolic extract of rubus fruticosus on neuropathic pain in diabetic rats. materials and methods: in this experimental case –control study, forty eight male wistar rats (250±20 g) were divided rando...

objective: in patients with diabetes mellitus, increased rate of lipoprotein oxidation and oxidative stress have important role in diabetic angiopathy, including nephropathy. we designed a study for comparing the level of ox-ldl in diabetic patients with macro-albuminuria, micro-albuminuria, versus normo-albuminuric. materials and methods: one hundred and thirty five patients with type 2 diabet...

diabetes mellitus is the most common cause of chronic renal disorders and end-stage kidney disease in developed countries. it is the major cause of dialysis and transplantation. failure in renal function causes wide disorders in the body. diabetes results in wide range of alterations in the renal tissue. it is believed that early histological changes in diabetic nephropathy are detectable 2 yea...

diabetic retinopathy is a common complication of type ii diabetes mellitus and carries with it the threat of blindness. accurate information regarding the incidence of diabetic retinopathy and associated risk factors is important in the prevention of its development and of the visual impairment caused by this complication. this study was designed to determine the prevalence of diabetic retinopa...

introduction: the importance of the periodontal health maintenance and promotion in diabetes mellitus has been supported. evidence showed that many patients are unaware about effects of diabetes mellitus on oral health. the aim of this study is to evaluate knowledge, attitudes and practice of diabetic patients concerning the risk of periodontal disease and prevention. materials and methods: in ...

we report a catalase-negative staphylococcus aureus isolated from a 56-year-old male diabetic patient with foot ulcer who attended our surgery ward. species identification was confirmed by gram staining, standard biochemical tests and pcr amplification of the nuc and fem genes. antibiotic susceptibility showed that the strain was sensitive to imepenem, chloramphenicol, amoxicillin, vancomycin a...

introduction: diabetic retinopathy is a major cause of blindness and a fundamental cause of disability in diabetic patients in the world. investigation about the quality of life in these patients can help plan for taking nursing measures to prevent or control the disease and improve patients’ quality of life. objective: this study aimed to determine the quality of life in patients with diabetic...

purpose : chlamydia pneumonia is a known endothelial pathogen in several vascular diseases including atherosclerosis, age-related macular degeneration and non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. diabetic retinopathy is a retinal vascular disease that may similarly be affected. we serologically investigated the presence of c. pneumonia infection in patients with proliferative diabetic ...

during a six year period (1969-1974), 29,233 records of the hospital admissions were carefully reviewed from the standpoint of age, sex incidence, precipitating factors, method of treatment and results in diabetes and diabetic coma patients in the isfahan university medical school’s hospitals. two hundred and fifty cases of diabetic patients were found (0.8% of the total), from which 25 (8%) we...