Open AccessTrigger digits and diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Somsri Wiwanitkit,
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.93879
Subject(s) - diabetology , medicine , diabetes mellitus , trigger finger , epidemiology , alternative medicine , peripheral neuropathy , intensive care medicine , medline , pathology , endocrinology , political science , law
The problem of finger in the patient with diabetes mellitus is important consideration in diabetology. Generally, peripheral neuropathy that manifests with finger paresthesia is common. However, some recent reports mention the concern on trigger digits in diabetic patients. In this brief article, the authors focus review and discussion on this specific topic. The searching of standard database, PubMed, on available publication on this area selecting by keywords trigger digits and diabetes mellitus was done and all derived papers were extracted and further synthesized in this review article. Epidemiology and management of the condition are the mainly focused reviewed areas and presented in this article.