PREVALENCE
- 16% of patients at the time of diagnosis of diabetes suffer from Neuropathy
- Presence of Diabetes is CAD equivalent
- Every second patient of renal transplant is diabetic
- After 10 years duration of diabetes
- 61% of patients have Diabetic neuropathy
- 36% patients have Diabetic Nephropathy
- 32% patients have Diabetic Retinopathy
PREVENTIVE MEASURES:
- Tight sugar control
- Proper diet
- Regular exercise
- Regular sugar check ups
- Titrate dose of oral anti-diabetic agents
- Early Insulin initiation
- Monitor for complications
- Lipid profile every 3 monthly
- Urine for Micro-albumin
- FUNDUS for retinopathy
- Biothesiometry
- Ankle brachial Index
- Drugs for primary prevention of complications
- Asprin
- Statins
- Epalrestat : Aldose reductase inhibitor
- Preventive foot care
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