A STUDY OF PATTERN OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY IN SYMPTOMATIC DIABETICS AND ITS CORRELATION WITH DIABETIC NEUROPATHY SYMPTOM SCORE

Dr. B; Madhukiran Reddy; Dr. Y.Sirisha; Dr. S.Phanindra Babu; Dr. P.Shalima

Volume : X, Issue : III, March - 2020

A STUDY OF PATTERN OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY IN SYMPTOMATIC DIABETICS AND ITS CORRELATION WITH DIABETIC NEUROPATHY SYMPTOM SCORE

Dr. B, Madhukiran Reddy, Dr. Y. Sirisha, Dr. S. Phanindra Babu, Dr. P. Shalima

Abstract :

Background: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is a usual disorder and presents as a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to physicians . Early identification and screening of neuropathy is necessary to decrease morbidity due to diabetes mellitus Aims and objectives: –To determine the pattern of NCV in symptomatic diabetic study group –To determine the correlation of diabetic neuropathy symptom score(DNS) with NCV results Materials and methods: The study was carried in Dr.PSIMS & RF , on 100 cases of symptomatic diabetics .Diabetic neuropathy symptom score was taken based on symptoms and Nerve conduction studies(NCS) and HbA1c were performed and data was analyzed . Results: The pattern of NCV among the study population were Axonal–SM (74%), Axonal–PS (16%), Demyelinating (9%), Axonal–PM (1% ).There is a significance in the correlation of DNS with various patterns of NCV. Conclusion:There is higher incidence of axonal sensory motor neuropathy in diabetes mellitus . DNS score is an acceptable tool to screen for peripheral neuropathy