Tropical Diabetic Hand Syndrome: report of 2 cases

Diabetes mellitus is known to be complicated by foot lesions. However, a few cases of hand complications have been reported in some parts of the world. The case notes of two patients who presented with this condition in our hospital were retrieved and relevant information extracted. The cases of dia...

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Autores principales: Ewezu Ngim, Ngim, Amah, Paul, Abang, Innocent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3415045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22891082
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description Diabetes mellitus is known to be complicated by foot lesions. However, a few cases of hand complications have been reported in some parts of the world. The case notes of two patients who presented with this condition in our hospital were retrieved and relevant information extracted. The cases of diabetic hand complications seen in our centre are here reported to draw the attention of medical practitioners to the occurrence of this potentially debilitating and occasionally fatal condition. Appropriate counselling of diabetic patients on hand care strategies and good glycemic control are important preventive measures.
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spelling pubmed-34150452012-08-13 Tropical Diabetic Hand Syndrome: report of 2 cases Ewezu Ngim, Ngim Amah, Paul Abang, Innocent Pan Afr Med J Case Report Diabetes mellitus is known to be complicated by foot lesions. However, a few cases of hand complications have been reported in some parts of the world. The case notes of two patients who presented with this condition in our hospital were retrieved and relevant information extracted. The cases of diabetic hand complications seen in our centre are here reported to draw the attention of medical practitioners to the occurrence of this potentially debilitating and occasionally fatal condition. Appropriate counselling of diabetic patients on hand care strategies and good glycemic control are important preventive measures. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2012-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3415045/ /pubmed/22891082 Text en © Ngim Ewezu Ngim et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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