Diabetic neuropathy

Abstract

Diabetic neuropathy is a term often used for the complex group of clinical syndromes based on diffuse or focal peripheral somatic or autonomic nerve damage due to metabolic disorder caused by diabetes mellitus, while other causes of neuropathy are excluded. The occurrence depends on the length of diabetes and its long-term metabolic control. The importance of correct and early diagnosis of autonomic neuropathy is outpointed in this article. We also provide closer look on etiopathogenesis, classification, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches of diabetic neuropathy and its complications.