title: Diabetes mellitus in geriatric females.
abstract: A study was carried out on 36 geriatric diabetic females (above 60 years). Marked exhaustion and significant loss of weight were common presenting complaints (60%) besides usual symptomatology. Only 25% patients were asymptomatic for diabetes. Generalised itching (20%) and pruritus vulvae (33.3%) were other common presenting complaints. Neuropathy was found to be the commonest complication being present in 77.7% patients, followed by retinopathy (50%) and nephropathy (27.7%). Hypertension was found to be associated in 44% patients and evidence of ischaemic heart disease was found in 42%. Development of nephropathy, retinopathy, neuropathy, and hypertension showed direct correlation with duration of illness ie, longer the history of diabetes higher was the incidence of complications.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Mansharmani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003906:Developing Countries; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged