Month: November 2020
Doctors recommend screening for prediabetes for all people over 45, as well as for people who are overweight, especially if there is a family history of diabetes or if the person has hypertension. A hallmark of prediabetes is a fasting blood sugar …
Damage to the heart and blood vessels is observed in 50-80% of patients with diabetes, and with its prolonged course – in 100%. They are the main cause of …
The skin, subcutaneous tissue and mucous membranes undergo changes in diabetes. The skin of patients with decompensated diabetes is dry, peeling, its turgor is reduced, cracks are frequent in …
The most characteristic kidney damage in diabetes is diabetic nephropathy, or glomerulosclerosis. Diabetic nephropathy develops in 50% of patients. It largely determines the prognosis of life in young patients …
Severe decompensation of diabetes can be accompanied by the development of anorexia and nausea. With ketoacidosis, vomiting joins, sometimes abdominal pain. Less commonly, hemorrhagic diathesis with gastrointestinal bleeding (vomiting …
Clinical manifestations, regardless of the origin of circulatory disorders (atherosclerosis obliterans, diabetic macro- and micro-hygiopathies, or combined lesions) in the expressed stages are characterized by intermittent claudication cysts, ulceration …