Chronic Diabetes
Across
- 4. Neuropathy of the ___ nervous system can trigger delayed gastric emptying, postural hypotension, sexual dysfunction and neurogenic bladder
- 5. Complication involving large and medium-sized blood vessels, such as CAD, HTN, CVA, PVD
- 6. Neuropathic Arthropathy is also called ___, in which structural changes occur to the ankle and foot which lead to joint dysfunction and foot drop.
- 9. If a toe becomes necrotic, it is often treated via this surgical intervention
- 11. Destruction of vasculature in the kidney
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- 1. The most common form of this looks like red-brown, oval or round patches on the skin, esp. on the shins
- 2. Term for chronic blood vessel dysfunctions seen in DM, divided into macrovascular and microvascular complications
- 3. Complication involving thickening of vessel membranes in capillaries and arterioles
- 7. Hemorrhages and aneurysms in the eye
- 8. DM-related neuropathy can effect the ___ nervous system
- 10. 60% of patients with DM will develop this form of nerve damage