Abstract
Due to worl wide increase in Diabetes Mellitus, a rise community consciousness about influence of hyperglycemiea and its most common complications ike stroke, hypertension, nephropathy, amputation, neuropathy, cardiovascular and retinopathy etc is required. Awareness on adoption of good diet, physical activities as well as a healthy life-style is required for a healthy long life . Therefore, this study has been designed to investigate the burden of complications of chronic diabetes mellitus in diabetic patients of Quetta city, in order to improve the health status and life style of diabetic patients living in Quetta. Details of all the complications caused by diabetes mellitus were collected from the patients and the bllood glucose was permormed by standard method. This study reaveled the frequency percentage of comorbidities in this order crdiovascular conditions 30% > neuropathy conditions 17.8% > Ocular conditions 14.8% > Nephropathy conditions 10.7% > Cerebrovascular 6.8% > Feet conditions 1.5% > Amputations 0.1%. These results are in agreement to previous studies which showed the highest prevelance of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in diabetic patients with hyperglycemia, hypertension, smoking habits and unhealthy life styles.
Highlights
Diabetes Mellitus is rendered as a syndrome with heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by impaired glucose regulation as a consequence of chronic hyperglycemia [1]
Diabetes mellitus stays multifaceted long-lasting ailment allied with state of extraordinary blood glucose level, or else hyperglycemia, occurring from insufficiencies in insulin secretion, action otherwise both continuing metabolic inequity connected through this illness puts patients a high risk for long stretch macro micro vascular difficulties, which if not on condition that with great quality maintenance, lead towards regular hospitalization besides impediment, counting raised risk intended for CVDs; cardiovascular diseases [4]
The ferquency percentage of data explore 30% occurance of cardiovascular conditions followed by 17.8% Neuropathy, 14.8% Ocular conditions, 10.7% Nephropathy conditions, 6.8% Cerebrovascular conditions 0.8% Foot diseases,0.7% Foot ulcer and 0.1% Amputation
Summary
Diabetes Mellitus is rendered as a syndrome with heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by impaired glucose regulation as a consequence of chronic hyperglycemia [1]. International Diabetes Federation indicated that about 415 million people suffered from Diabetes Mellitus in 2015, which will rise to 642 million till 2040. In Pakistan, 1 in 11 adults are diabetic and 86,364 adults died due to diabetes [3]. Diabetes mellitus stays multifaceted long-lasting ailment allied with state of extraordinary blood glucose level, or else hyperglycemia, occurring from insufficiencies in insulin secretion, action otherwise both continuing metabolic inequity connected through this illness puts patients a high risk for long stretch macro micro vascular difficulties, which if not on condition that with great quality maintenance, lead towards regular hospitalization besides impediment, counting raised risk intended for CVDs; cardiovascular diseases [4]. The most common complications in diabetic patients are stroke, hypertension, nephropathy, amputation, neuropathy, cardiovascular, retinopathy, impotency and skin lesions etc
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