Diabetic neuropathy caused by too rapid downregulation of blood glucose

Treatment-induced neuropathy of diabetes is an iatrogenic acute painful sensory and autonomic neuropathy. The condition is caused by rapid downregulation of blood glucose after a long period of hyperglycaemia. In this case report, a 43-year-old man with Type 1 diabetes and severe metabolic dysregulation had downregulated his blood glucose level with 3.8% over ten weeks through optimised insulin treatment and weight loss. He developed severe neuropathic pain due to small fiber neuropathy and neurogenic autonomic dysfunction with erectile dysfunction, urine retention and cardiovagal and enteric dysfunction.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:183

Enthalten in:

Ugeskrift for laeger - 183(2021), 7 vom: 15. Feb.

Sprache:

Dänisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rasmussen, Thorsten Kamlarczyk [VerfasserIn]
Vestbo, Else [VerfasserIn]
Krogh, Klaus [VerfasserIn]
Karlsson, Páll [VerfasserIn]
Jensen, Troels Staehelin [VerfasserIn]
Andersen, Henning [VerfasserIn]
Terkelsen, Astrid Juhl [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Blood Glucose
Case Reports
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 11.06.2021

Date Revised 11.06.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32218052X