The fact that the incidence of diabetes is very high, at present 1 %-2 % of the population is affected and their number is gradually increasing - dis plays the timeliness of this subject. [books.google.de]

// Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (2009);2009, Issue 21, p176 A definition of the term "Argyll Robertson pupil," which pertains to a symptom present in paralysis and locomotor ataxia, is presented. [connection.ebscohost.com]

Small fiber modalities are involved earlier than large fiber deficits (burning; lancinating pain; deep muscle ache); later loss of vibration and proprioception in the legs-if severe may present as diabetic pseudo-tabes. [neurodiffdx.com]

PowerPoint Presentation: Small epidermal nerve fibers stain positive for the neuronal antigen protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5). Treatment : Strict glucose control from the time of diagnosis of DM is the most important aspect of treatment. [authorstream.com]

• Falling

  Insulin requirements fall to prepregnancy levels within the first 24 hours after delivery. The order in which obese people with type 2 diabetes eat their food can affect their blood sugar levels a small study suggests. [gospelblues.eu]

  […] acute symptoms indicating CHOA onset and progress (Fig. 15.8 ) Fig. 15.8 Foot in the CHOA acute stage. ( a ) Acute CHOA in the region of the ankle with a marked swelling of soft structures; ( b ) involvement of the left foot with swelling and subsequent fall [musculoskeletalkey.com]

  […] exact onset of the Charcot spine is notknown but it was not present immediately afterthe accident when she fell on her back in 1945 .That some changes were taking place and someinjury had resulted can be deduced from thecontinual pain subsequent to this fall [docslide.com.br]

  Plasma insulin levels fall, and insulin secretory responses to glucose become impaired during surgery. 17 – 19 The mechanism of the impaired β-cell responsiveness during surgery is unclear, and the defect is poorly correlated with ambient intraoperative [spectrum.diabetesjournals.org]

  Plasma insulin levels fall, and insulin secretory responses to glucose become impaired during surgery. (17-19) The mechanism of the impaired [beta]-cell responsiveness during surgery is unclear, and the defect is poorly correlated with ambient intraoperative [go.galegroup.com]

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

  These include criteria for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, dementia of Lewy-body type, frontal lobe dementias, chronic fatigue syndrome, and inflammatory neuropathies. [books.google.com]

• Visual Impairment

  Here, I show that her physical ailments spanned 30 years and included sore mouth, pallor, paresthesias, the Lhermitte symptom, fever, headaches, fatigue, resting tachycardia, edema, episodic weight loss, progressive weakness, ataxia, and visual impairment [muse.jhu.edu]

  […] is 25% Foot ulceration is the precursor to 85% of lower extremity amputations in diabetic patients Patients who smoke cigarettes, with history of amputation or foot ulcer, with peripheral neuropathy, foot deformity, peripheral vascular disease (PVD), visual [specialty.mims.com]

• Neuropathic Arthropathy

  arthropathy Unlike syphilis diabetic neuroapthic arthropathy involves small joints of feet Diabetic pseudotabes Diabetic lumbosacral radiculoplexus neuropathy (Bruns-Garland syndrome): Clinical features Males more frequently affected than females Pain [authorstream.com]

• Joint Deformity

  […] diabetic pseudotabes a form of diabetic neuropathy with symptoms in the lower limbs such as sensory loss, ataxia, ulceration, and sometimes lancinating pains and joint deformities; sometimes Argyll Robertson pupils occur. Called also diabetic tabes. [medicine.academic.ru]

  In the prepenicillin era, far-advanced tabes was observed with complete incapacitation owing to joint deformity, loss of bladder control, blindness, ataxia, and deafness. Tabes may burn out with time, even in the absence of treatment. [std-aid.com]

• Back Pain

  pain Differences Between Disc Herniations and Boney formations Disc Herniations: Age( UNDER 40,) Boney Change( OVER 50) Backache: Disc( Short duration), Boney change( Long Duration) Straight leg: Disc( Limited), Boney (Often Not affected) Number of Segments [quizlet.com]

• Cerebellar Disease

  Entries on cerebellar diseases, peripheral neuropathies, various dementias, diagnostic tests (both clinical and laboratory), forms of cerebral edema, dissociative signs and syndromes - all these and many more have been added, expanded, updated or clarified [books.google.com]

  disease: posterior fossa tumours: acoustic neuroma 1 cerebellar tumours metastases degenerative cerebellar disease: hereditary: ataxia-telangiectasia Friedreich's ataxia alcoholism (Wernicke's encephalopathy) hypothyroidism para-infectious: Guillain-Barre [sinoemedicalassociation.org]

• Decreased Proprioception

  When these manifestations coexist with decreased proprioception in the feet, "pseudotabetic" gait may occur. diabetic tabes An obsolete term for diabetic neuropathy. See also: tabes [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

• Abnormal Gait

  DANIL HAMMOUDI.MD SINOE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION DETAILS ARE COMING FOR EACH OF THESE SYNDROME ABNORMAL GAIT (excluding orthopaedic causes) hemiplegia (cerebrovascular accident involving motor cortex or pyramidal tract) parkinsonism (shuffling / festinant) [sinoemedicalassociation.org]

• Uremia

  Orthostatic hypotension and sexual dysfunction Mechano dynamic and static allodynia; hyperalgesia are common Cramps of the feet and thigh (neurogenic cramps) Differential diagnosis of burning feet DM HIV (Distal neuropathy) INH Pyridoxine excess or deficiency Uremia [neurodiffdx.com]

  The most important differential diagnoses from the general medicine perspective include neuropathies caused by alcohol abuse, uremia, hypothyroidism, vitamin B 12 deficiency, peripheral arterial disease, paraneoplastic syndromes, inflammatory and infectious [oncohemakey.com]

• Urinary Incontinence

  Faecal And Urinary Incontinence The expression of TRPV1 in the bladder is, however, not restricted to afferent nerves urothelium, detrusor muscle and fibroblasts also express TRPV1 in the human bladder 140. [europeanmedical.info]

• Hypertriglyceridemia

  […] the above targets on maximum tolerated statin therapy: Decrease of 30-40% from baseline Desirable levels of TG is 50 mg/dL) in women Apolipoprotein B (secondary treatment goals) target in patients with high risk for cardiovascular disease is Severe hypertriglyceridemia [specialty.mims.com]

However, it is particularly important because of the good re sults of appropriate treatment and the unfortunate consequences should the diagnosis be missed. [books.google.com]

Neurosyphilis: Diagnosis and Response to Treatment. Musher, Daniel M. // Clinical Infectious Diseases;10/1/2008, Vol. 47 Issue 7, p900 The author reflects on the article about the serological response to treatment of neurosyphilis. [connection.ebscohost.com]

Uremic Polyneuropathy: Cause And Treatment Cause 300-2000 molecular weight toxins Treatment: symptomatic renal transplant Second most common cause of neuropathy Pathogenesis direct toxic effect nutritional (B1, B3, B6, B12, folic acid, zinc) Symmetric [quizlet.com]

Argyll Robertson Pupil Prognosis Most sufferers do well after treatment. The outcome is poorest for patients who suffer permanent nerve or cardiac damage. Life expectancy is poor due to inability to reverse these symptoms of such advanced disease. [patienthelp.org]

H&P( Most Important) Lumbar puncture EMG- Great for determining Myelination Serology Toxicology For This( Protein goes up, cell count is normal Guillain Bare Syndrome/ Treatment: Treatment: Supportive care Plasmapheresis IV IgG No role for steroids Prognosis [quizlet.com]

[…] intercostal nerve trunk involvement Focal contact hyperesthaesiae in the same area as the pain Truncal Neuropathy PowerPoint Presentation: Focal anterior abdominal wall weakness may be evident Associated weight loss in some cases may be profound Good prognosis [authorstream.com]

Causes and prognosis in 4,278 cases of paralysis of the oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens cranial nerves. Am J Ophthalmol 1992; 113: 489–496. Google Scholar Crossref Medline ISI 95. Casellini, CM, Vinik, AI. [journals.sagepub.com]

Although severe and tenacious, the pain of proximal motor neuropathy has a good prognosis. Concurrent distal sensory polyneuropathy is frequently present. [oncohemakey.com]

The etiologies of focal myopathies include traumatic (associated with insulin injection injury) and vascular (related to thigh muscle infarction). [mitchmedical.us]

[…] large fibers Autonomic neuropathies Small-fiber neuropathies 3 Focal/multifocal neuropathies Cranial neuropathies Thoracoabdominal radiculopathies Focal limb neuropathies Proximal neuropathies Compression and entrapment neuropathies The most important etiologic [oncohemakey.com]

Although these theories are still generally accepted, it has been demonstrated that also other etiological factors participating in CHOA development and manifestation have to be taken into account. [musculoskeletalkey.com]

Five general areas are addressed in the 36 chapters: descriptive epidemiology of diabetes in the U.S., including prevalence, incidence, sociodemographic & metabolic characteristics, risk factors for developing diabetes, & mortality. [books.google.de]

Nephrology, pathology, internal medicine, diabetology, and other specialists from Germany, the US, and Lebanon address the relationship between the kidney and diabetes and cover the epidemiology, history, pathophysiology, histology, genetic risk factors [freethesaurus.com]

Williams DRR: The size of the problem: Epidemiological and economic aspects of foot problems in diabetes; in Boulton AJM, Connor H, Cavanagh PR (eds): The Foot in Diabetes, ed 2. Chichester, Wiley, 1994, pp 15–24. [karger.com]

Painful diabetic neuropathy: epidemiology, natural history, early diagnosis, and treatment options. Pain Med 2008; 9: 660–674. Google Scholar Crossref Medline ISI 12. Obrosova, IG. [journals.sagepub.com]

Argyll Robertson Pupil Epidemiology This is a rare disease and occurs only sometimes in advanced cases of syphilis and other neurological disorders [ 3 ]. As it is associated with syphilis in most cases, it is uncommon in developing countries. [patienthelp.org]

Regarding patients with nerve infarction, the onset is acute and painful, the pathophysiology reflects axon loss, and recovery is often slow and suboptimal. [mitchmedical.us]

Comparative renal pathophysiology relevant to IDDM and NIDDM patients. Diab Metab Rev 1988;4:453-483. 8. Cunha-Vaz JG. Studies on the pathophysiology of diabetic retinopathy. The blood-retinal barrier in diabetes. Diabetes 1983;32:20-27. 9. [diabetesaid.com]

Nephrology, pathology, internal medicine, diabetology, and other specialists from Germany, the US, and Lebanon address the relationship between the kidney and diabetes and cover the epidemiology, history, pathophysiology, histology, genetic risk factors [freethesaurus.com]

Loss of myelinated nerve fibers Segmental remyelination and demyelination Basement membranes of intraneural capillaries are thickened and duplicated Areas of perivascular inflammation ( said,dyck et al) Biochemical mechanisms Pathology and pathophysiology [authorstream.com]

[…] non noxious stimuli with sensory deficits, anoxexia, weight loss, depression Generally recovers Hyperglycemic Neuropathy Widespread parasthesias in newly diagnosed cases, after recovery from ketosis Improve rapidly with control, could have a different pathophysiologic [slideserve.com]

Prevention of foot problems in persons with diabetes. [opther.eu]

/Avoidable - 67% Emergent - ED Care Needed - Not Preventable/Avoidable - 0% Primary diagnosis of injury 0% Primary diagnosis of mental health problems 0% Primary diagnosis of substance abuse 0% Primary diagnosis of Alcohol 0% Unclassified 0% We Could [medicbind.com]

Controlling your blood sugar can help prevent nerve problems, or keep them from getting worse. Treatment may include pain relief and other medicines. [icdlist.com]

Diabetic neuritis is not a new condition, yet little progress seems to have been made in its prevention or cure. Although previous to 1864 symptoms suggestive of the degeneration of nerves [jamanetwork.com]