The pathological alteration of the nervous system in diabetic patients is extensive and frequently severe. The prevalence of the diabetic neuropathy reach high levels with the evolution of the diabetes, often showing frequencies higher than 50% in several groups of patients. The neurological lesion in this pathological situation is extensive in the diabetic patient, including widely the peripheral nervous system with its components sensory, motor and autonomic: with typical symptoms and in accordance with the pathogenesis of metabolic origin and/or […]

Mortality of diabetic patients is higher than that of the population at large, and results mainly from cardiovascular diseases. The putative mechanisms for the progressive atherosclerosis these patients present are direct toxic effects of glucose upon vasculature, insulin resistance, and the association of diabetes (DM) with other cardiovascular risk factors. The main determinant of the tissue damage caused by DM is hyperglycemia, which results in high intra-cellular glucose, high diacylglycerol (DAG) and activation of protein kinase C (PKC). This review […]