A CLINICAL STUDY OF PREVALENCE OF INFECTIONS IN DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a clinical syndrome associated with
insufciency of insulin secretion and action. It is considered as one of
the largest arising pitfalls to human health in this century. It is
estimated that there will be roughly 380 million persons with DM in
2025. Besides the classical complications of the disease, DM has been
related to reduced response of T cells, neutrophil function, and
diseases of humoral immunity. Consequently, DM increases
thevulnerability to infections, both the most common ones as well as
those that nearly always affect only people with DM. Such infections,
in addition to the complications associated with its infectivity, may
also spark DM related complications such as hypoglycaemia and keto
acidosis.