Delayed gastric emptying known as gastroparesis is a form of autonomic neuropathy, a complication of diabetes mellitus. This delay may lead to a discrepancy between intestinal food absorption and insulin or oral and diabetes drugs action. Thus it can cause difficulty in controlling a blood glucose level. In determining the existence of a delayed gastric emptying we cannot depend only the clinic…
As estimated that about 50 percent of all population, weither IDDM or NIDDM are dyslipidemid. In NIDDM patients, the most screening-total cholesterol, triglyseride, HDL-cholesterol and calculated LDL-cholesterol should be performed routinely to all diabetic patients. Desirable lipid levels are, total cholesterol less than 200 mg percent, LDL-cholesterol less than 130 mg percent, triglyserides l…
A descriptive analytic and observational study was conducted to determine whether type II diabetes mellitus with incipient nephropathy have significant increased risk factors for cardiovascular disease than those without nephropathy. Thirty four patients with type II diabetes mellitus (non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus) treated in the Department of Internal Medicine Dr. Sardjito General H…