Under-recognised Paradox of Neuropathy from Rapid Glycaemic Control

Overview

Journal Postgrad Med J

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2005 Feb 11

PMID 15701742

Citations 10

Authors

M K S Leow

J Wyckoff

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Abstract

Insulin induced neuropathy has been reported previously in people with diabetes treated with insulin, and subsequently reported in patients with insulinomas. However, neuropathy caused by rapid glycaemic control in patients with poorly controlled diabetes with chronic hyperglycaemia is not a widely recognised entity among clinicians worldwide. It is expected that this phenomenon of paradoxical complication of neuropathy in the face of drastic decreases in glycosylated haemoglobin concentrations will assume greater importance with clinicians achieving glycaemic targets at a faster pace than before.

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