Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: September | Volume: 6 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 59-65
Skin Manifestations in Patients with Type-II Diabetes Mellitus
Dr. Abhyudaya Verma1, Dr. Parth Pandya2, Dr. Deepak Sharma3
1Associate Professor, Department of General Medicine, Index Medical College, Hospital & Research centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India- 452001
2Department of General Medicine, Index Medical College, Hospital & Research centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India- 452001
3Professor, Department of General Medicine, Index Medical College, Hospital & Research centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India- 452001
Corresponding Author: Dr. Abhyudaya Verma
ABSTRACT
Objectives: Our primary objective is to assess the pattern and profile of skin manifestations in patients with Type-II Diabetes Mellitus of age groups ranging from 18 to 80 years.
Methodology: It was a prospective observational study conducted at Department of Medicine, Index Medical College, Hospital & Research centre form March 2015 to August 2016. A total of 300 random cases were included in the study and were followed for the evaluation of various parameters like duration of diabetes, Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and skin manifestations. This study included all diabetic patients newly or previously diagnosed of 18 to 70 years of age group.
Results: In our study we have observed that 60.33% of patients have skin lesions and 39.67% of patients don’t have skin lesions. The association between skin manifestations and HbA1c, Statistically significant association was seen between skin tag and HbA1c grading (P<0.05) followed by Diabetic Dermopathy and Bacterial skin manifestations. There was no statistically significant association seen between skin manifestations and duration of diabetes. Among all skin manifestations in accordance to the gender, fungal skin manifestations were found to be highest in females in comparison to males.
Conclusion: We concluded that majority of the patients with skin lesions were not having good glycemic control as there HbA1c were above normal range. Skin manifestations like bacterial, viral, keratosis and vitiligo were more commonly observed in males.
Key words: Type-II Diabetes Mellitus, Glycated haemoglobin, skin manifestations, Diabetic Dermopathy keratosis, vitiligo and Bacterial skin manifestations.
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