Does peripheral neuropathy associate with cranial nerves neuropathy in type 2 diabetes patients

Abstract EN

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is the most common complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Cranial neuropathies is usually presenting as mononeuropathies coexist with DPN either presented clinically or in subclinical form.

The aim of this study is to detect cranial neuropathy in diabetic patients.

Eighty three patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with an age range of 30- 69 years were included in the study.

The study also involved normal healthy persons whose age and gender are harmonized with that of our patients that were deliberated as control group (60 persons).

Diabetic patients with DPN had significant difference in age, highly significant difference in the duration of the disease and highly significance difference in BMI had poor glycemic control reflected by high FBS and HbA1c, while lipid profile picture showed insignificant difference when compared with diabetic patients without DPN.

Nerve conduction study (sensory and motor) showed a significant difference regarding latency, amplitude, and conduction velocity between diabetic patients with DPN and those without DPN.

The results of blink reflex showed highly significant difference between diabetic patients and controls.