Cutaneous manifestation of diabetes mellitus among the tertiary care centre patients
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
The metabolic complications and pathologic changes that occur in diabetes mellitus (DM) influence the occurrence of various dermatoses. The main Aim is to evaluate the prevalence of skin manifestation of diabetics in patients attending skin OPD. Materials and Methods was the descriptive study was conducted in the Department of Dermatology, Shimoga Institute of medical sciences, Shimoga. One hundred patients with the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and having skin lesions, attending the dermatology OPD constituted the study population. In Results the study of 100 patients comprised of gender ratio of M: F- 1.7: 1 with mean age 52 years. Most common manifestation in our study was of infection (43%) of which dermatophytic infection was predominant. Eczema (20%) and skin tags (9 %) followed infection. In Conclusion the Cutaneous manifestations may break out anytime during the course of the disease or may be the first sign of DM presentation. Increased prevalence of fungal infection maybe associated due to moist conditions. Keywords: diabetes mellitus, Eczema
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Manjunatha M, Dadapeer HJ, Interns .
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