PREVALENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIFESTATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Jobin P, Pranay Dhurvey, Abhinav Nair, Nitesh Arora, Sachin Chittawar, K K Kawre

Objective– This study evaluates the prevalence of musculoskeletal manifestations in patients with diabetes mellitus.

This is a cross sectional study conducted between November 2015 Study design/materials and methods– to September

2017.500 patients who attended the outdoor and indoor clinics of Hamidiya hospital, who were known cases of or newly

diagnosed cases of diabetes were evaluated. After taking detailed history and clinical evaluation, necessary investigations were

done.

Results–21.2%(N=106) patients of our study are having musculoskeletal manifestations. Osteoarthritis is found in 9 %(N=45)

patients.2% (N=10)of the patients are having frozen shoulder and the same prevalence was there for carpal tunnel syndrome.

Prevalence of dupuytrens contracture and trigger finger in present study was 1.6% (N=8) and 1.2 %(N= 6) respectively.

Prevalence of DISH in present study was 2.2 %( N=11). Prevalence of Charcot‘s joint and gout in the present study is 1.4 %( N=7).

0. 4 %(N= 2) of our patients are having rheumatoid arthritis and 0.2% (N=1) patients are having scleroderma.

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy was found in 1.2 %( 6) of the patients. Gout was found in 1.4 %( 7) and Carpal tunnel syndrome

was found in 2 % (10) of the patients.