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- Relationship to Diabetes
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Painful diabetic polyneuropathy (PDPN) is associated with higher nocturnal blood pressure (BP) independent of pain-related comorbidities, a new study finds.
The results were published online June 26 in Diabetes Care by Cinzia D'Amato, of Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy, and colleagues.
"PDPN is a common complication that deeply affects sleep, mood, and quality of life. It is, however, often undiagnosed and undertreated. This study indicates one more reason to pay attention to this diabetic complication and supports the view that diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain should increasingly be regarded as a condition of high cardiovascular risk," study principal investigator Vincenza Spallone, MD, aggregate professor of endocrinology in the department of systems medicine at the university, told Medscape Medical News.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/828001
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The results were published online June 26 in Diabetes Care by Cinzia D'Amato, of Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy, and colleagues.
"PDPN is a common complication that deeply affects sleep, mood, and quality of life. It is, however, often undiagnosed and undertreated. This study indicates one more reason to pay attention to this diabetic complication and supports the view that diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain should increasingly be regarded as a condition of high cardiovascular risk," study principal investigator Vincenza Spallone, MD, aggregate professor of endocrinology in the department of systems medicine at the university, told Medscape Medical News.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/828001
(free registration required)