ABSTRACT

Objectives: To determine the frequency of peripheral neuropathy in newly diagnosed cases of type II diabetes mellitus.

Study Design: Cross-sectional

Place and Duration:  Study was conducted at medicine department of Allied Hospital Faisalabad for duration of one year from July 2018 to June 2019.

Material and Methods: Total 120 newly diagnosed patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus were enrolled in this study.Patients detailed demographically recorded after getting written consent. Patients were diagnosed for the duration of 4-weeks and calculated fasting blood sugar (FBS) of ≥ 126mg/dl, and Random Blood Sugar (RBS) of ≥ 200mg/dl or HbA1c≤ 6.5. All data was analyzed by SPSS 24.0 version.

Results: Out of 120 patients there were 70(58.3%) males and rest 50(41.7%) were females with mean age 37.15 years + 10.91SD.Mean Body mass index of the patients was 22.48+3.66 kg/m2. 42(35%) patients had symptoms of peripheral neuropathy while that patients who did not have any symptom was 78(65%). Same symptoms were observed within 4-weeks and we noticed that 23(19.2%) patients showed peripheral neuropathy and rest 97(80.8%) patients did not have any symptoms.

Conclusion: We concluded that the frequency of peripheral neuropathy is higher in early stages of 2-diabetes mellitus and its frequency can be reduced to diagnosed within a month.