“Complications of Gastrointestinal System in Diabetes Mellitus”- Neglected Part of Diabetic Management

• Main Authors: Jayanta Paul, Ambalathu Veettil Hussain SHIHAZ
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences 2020-09-01
• Series: Iranian Journal of Diabetes and Obesity
• Subjects: diabetes; gastrointestinal complications; diabetic gastroparesis; nafld; pancreatic steatosis; oral complications; esophageal complications; intestinal complications
• Online Access: http://ijdo.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-578-en.html

The incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its complications are increasing. Like other complications, most of the diabetes patients have gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms but in majority of cases GI complications are under diagnosed and not treated properly, resulting in impairment of the quality of daily life. GI system including liver and pancreas are involved in diabetes mellitus. These GI complications of diabetes mellitus need proper diagnosis and treatment to get a quality of life and clinician needs clinical suspicion to identify and proper knowledge to treat.