Diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
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Diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
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NAJOM (2020), Smith, C. Leslie.
Abstract
The worldwide incidence of diabetes is on the rise and expected to increase to 629 million people (6% globally) by 2045 (Wild 2004, IDF 2017). Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is a common, if not the most common, complication of diabetes: approximately 66% of type 1 diabetics and 59% of type 2 diabetics have objective evidence of DPN (Dyck 1993). Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) reported an overall prevalence of peripheral neuropathy around 15% with that number rising to 62% in people with diabetes (Gregg 2004).
Fortunately, painful neuropathy seems to affect only about 25% of patients with DM (Shillo 2019). Painful DPN is characterized as burning, achy, electric, or sharp pains while painless DPN produces numbness and tingling sensations without pain. The differences in what causes some patients to develop pain while others, with similar levels of neuropathy, to not have pain is yet to be delineated fully (Shillo 2019, Head 2006).
Fortunately, painful neuropathy seems to affect only about 25% of patients with DM (Shillo 2019). Painful DPN is characterized as burning, achy, electric, or sharp pains while painless DPN produces numbness and tingling sensations without pain. The differences in what causes some patients to develop pain while others, with similar levels of neuropathy, to not have pain is yet to be delineated fully (Shillo 2019, Head 2006).
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NAJOM
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English.
issue
78
page end
7
page start
5
volume
26