Volume : X, Issue : VI, June - 2020

Nerve Conduction Velocity among clinically asymptomatic patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Harmeet Singh, Naveen Ravi

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Objective: Diabetes Mellitus is worldwide disease and diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of the most prevalent micro–vascular complication seen during the progress of disease. Frequently there is subclinical involvement seen for peripheral nerve functions which is revealed on nerve conduction study. Present study aims to assess nerve conduction velocity changes among asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Material and methods: Total 60 subjects were included for the study, 30 of them were of type 2 diabetes mellitus on regular treatment with disease duration of less than 5 years and asymptomatic for neuropathy and 30 were controls. All of the participants were subjected to nerve conduction studies. Results: Nerve Conduction Velocity of Sural sensory nerve (44.42±6.93) was found to be significantly decreased in diabetic patients as compared to controls (50.31±6.65). No significant reduction of NCV was seen for motor nerves. Conclusion: Sensory NCV was significantly decreased in the Sural nerve compared to upper limb sensory nerves which suggests that long nerves are more prone to neuropathic changes even in asymptomatic diabetic patients. However no significant decrease was observed in Motor NCV among these patients.

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NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY AMONG CLINICALLY ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS, Harmeet Singh, Naveen Ravi INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-6 | June-2020

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