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Prevalence of overall clinical features in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

. Adeeba Salahuddin Khan, Anam Javed Soleja, Areeba Shaikh, Muhammad Sajid Khan, Ahsan Ali Siddiqui and Adnan Anwar


Abstract

The wide range of clinical signs and symptoms of diabetes must be understood since people with type 2 diabetes are commonly misdiagnosed, mistreated, or inadequately managed. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of overall clinical presentation in patients with type 2 diabetes. 

 

Methodology: This was a multicenter, cross-sectional study that was conducted at different hospitals, using a non-probability sampling technique. The duration of the study was about six months, from August 1, 2022, to January 31, 2023. The study included 500 type 2 diabetes patients ranging in age from 40 to 60 years. The socio-demographic characteristics, including (age, gender, and socioeconomic status), health status, concomitant diseases, and diabetic symptoms, were noted.Means and standard deviation were determined for continuous variables. Different demographic factors (such as gender, and clinical features linked to type 2 diabetes) were documented as frequencies and percentages.

Results: The study findings showed that the mean age was 54.75±15.38 years, and the mean BMI was 24.88±10.56kg/m2. Renal manifestations in diabetic patients revealed that 155(31.0%) urinate frequently, while 345 (69.0%) urinate three times at night.The majority of patients 420(84.0%) reported fatigue, and 335(67.0%) reported unexplained weight loss.Tingling or numbness 315(63.0%), swelling of hands or feet 315(63.0%), burning pain 270(54.0%), muscular pain in 440(88.0%), were also noticed. Moreover, dermatological manifestations in diabetic patients revealed that the majority 325(65.0%) had dry, cracked skin.

Conclusion: This study concluded that fatigue, and muscle pain or cramps in legs or feet were the most prevalent symptomsin type 2 diabetes patients, followed by swelling of feet, ankles, hands or eyes, mood swings, tingling or numbness in the hands or feet, cold sweating, increased frequency of urination at night, dry and cracked skin.

Keywords: Fatigue,muscle pain or cramps, dry and cracked skin, frequent urination, type 2 Diabetes.

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