Prevalance Of Microvascular Complications In Patients Of Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus With Hba1c Levels >9 In Patients Attending Tertiary Care Hospital

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a global health problem and India is considered as “Diabetes Capital of India”. Type 2 Diabetes mellitus is the most common form of diabetes and the load of microvascular and macrovascular complications is considerable among Type 2 DM patients. Microvascular complications include Retinopathy, Nephropathy and Neuropathy. This study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital among uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with HbA1C >9% to assess the prevalence of microvascular complications and to emphasize clinical examination as a tool for screening for early diagnosis and treatment to improve quality of life of patient. It was observed that prevalence of complications was 77.31%. Neuropathy was the most common complication followed by Retinopathy. It was further observed that severity of neuropathy increases as the duration of diabetes mellitus increases from the time of diagnosis.