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Cutaneous manifestations of diabetes mellitus in Iraqi patients | ||
| Al-Qadisiah Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-61 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Author | ||
| Arwaa Abed Abdul-hussein | ||
| Abstract | ||
| AbstractObjective:- To evaluate the incidence and types of cutaneous manifestations in diabetic patients in Iraq.Patients and methods:- One hundred diabetic patients attended the department of dermatology and venereology was evaluated. Sixty of them were male and 40 female. Sixty two percent of them had type I and 38% had type I diabetes mellitus I.Result: - Neuropathic cutaneous lesions were found in 32.43% of patients. Dryness of the skin and hair loss being the commonest. Vascular skin lesions were 14.86 %, diabetic dermopathy and necropiosis lipodica constitutes the highest percent. Cutaneous infections occurred in 20.7% weather bacterial or monilial infection. Drug eruptions were 10.36%, commonly complicate insulin therapy. Other miscellaneous skin lesions appeared in 21.62%. Purities were the commonest.Conclusion: - Diabetic skin manifestations are not uncommon in both types of diabetes mellitus. | ||
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