Managing diabetic neuropathic pain
Neuropathy is one of the most common diabetic comorbidities — affecting about 60% to 70% of patients. Managing glucose levels is the most direct way to prevent nerve damage and alleviate pain.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
What is causing this patient’s syncope and abdominal symptoms?
A white woman aged 53 years has had several episodes of syncope that start with nausea, abdominal cramping, and, often, an urge to defecate.
Do weightlifters have higher CKs?
What is the normal range of creatine kinase (CK) for well-muscled men who lift weights?
Bringing up weight loss with children
What is the best way to tactfully discuss a child’s excess weight with his or her parent?
Inhaled corticosteroids raise risk of diabetes onset and progression
Inhaled corticosteroids may raise a person’s risk of developing diabetes by as much as 64% when high doses are used.
Hormone therapy guidelines updated
Data support starting hormone therapy to treat menopause-related symptoms and/or reduce the risk of osteoporosis or fractures.
CDC: U.S. diabetes incidence continues to rise
About 23% of Americans with diabetes are unaware that they have the disease.
Can this patient get pregnant?
A 25-year-old woman reports that from menarche until age 19 years, she menstruated only once a year.
Screening for diabetes now more convenient
Because the HbA1c test doesn’t require fasting, clinicians hope it will reduce the number of people going undiagnosed with type 2 diabetes
A man who can’t stay warm
A 54-year-old man from India with a history of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia, has cold hands and feet despite wearing sufficient clothing. A specialist has ruled out Raynaud’s disease.
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