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17. Microvascular Complications of Diabetes Mellitus Flashcards

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Site of diabetes microvascular complications

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  • Retinal arteries (Diabetic retinopathy)
  • Glomerular arterioles (nephropathy)
  • Vasa vasorum (blood vessels that supply the nerves, causes neuropathy)
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Factors effecting the risk of microvascular complications

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  • Severity of hyperglycaemia
  • Hypertension
  • Genetic- Some people are predisposed to worsening microvascular problems
  • Hyperglycaemic memory- Poor diabetes control, even for a short period of time, will increase risk of complications compared to an individual who has been well controlled throughout
  • ​Tissue damage
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Mechanisms of Glucose Damage

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Main cause of visual loss in people with diabetes and blindness in people of working age

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DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

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Features of a normal retina

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You look at an eye through a fundoscope:

  • The optic disc is at the nasal part of the eye and the macula is more lateral
  • The vessles come out into the back of the eye and have a very regular arrangement
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FOUR different types of diabetic retinopathy

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  1. Background diabetic retinopathy
  2. Pro-proliferative diabetic retinopathy
  3. proliferative retinopathy
  4. Maculopathy
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Features of background diabetic retinopathy

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  • Hard exudates begin to appear as cheesy yellow spaces in the retina
  • These are caused by the leakage of lipid contents
  • Microaneurysms begin to appear- can rupture causing blot haemorrhages
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Features of pre-proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

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  • Cotton wool spots called SOFT EXUDATES- these are caused by retinal ischaemia
  • Shows several pre-retinal haemorrhages
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Features of proliferative retinopathy

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  • This involves the formation of new vessels- can be on the optic disc or elsewhere in the retina
  • The new vessles form as a result of retinal ischaemia
  • If vessels form in the region of the macula, there can be colour vision problems
  • New vessels are more fragile
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Features of maculopathy

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  • You get hard exudates near the MACULA (same as background but near the macula)
  • This can threaten direct vision
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Treatment of background DR

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  • Improve control of blood glucose
  • Inform patient of warning signs
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Treatment of Pre-Proliferative DR

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  • Cotton wool spots indicate ischaemia- If left untreated will lead to proliferative retinopathy
  • Treatment via pan-retinal photocoagulation- laser the retina and prevent the vessels from bleeding
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Treatment of Proliferative DR

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  • Also need pan-retinal photocoagulation
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Treatment of maculopathy

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  • The effected area is concentrated around the macula
  • This means that you only need a GRID of photocoagulation in the affected area
  • NOT pan-retinal photocoagulation
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Key features of diabetic nephropathy

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  • Hypertension
  • Progressively increasing proteinurea
  • Progressively deteriorating kidney function
  • Histological changes
  • Increased prevalence of cardiovascular events
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Glomerular changes resulting from nephropathy

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  • Mesangial expansion
  • Basement membrane thickening
  • Glomerulosclerosis
    • ​The glomerulus becomes less flexible and harder
    • Absorption of nutrients can change so you get more pressure through the kidneys
    • Leads to alteration of blood pressure control
  • There is overproduction of matrix
  • These effects contribute to sclerosis and secondary effects on the tubointerstitium
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Cause of hitological change in nephropathy

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There are several stimuli including the effect of prolonged exposure to high glucose/glycosylated proteins

The increased pressure within the glomerular capillaries associated with DM can also stimulate matrix expansion

Angiotensin (which is produced in spite of systemic supression) stimulates constriction of the efferent arterioles, increasing transglomerular capillary pressure and contributing to sclerosis

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Epidemiology of diabetic nephropathy

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  • T1DM= 20-40% after 30-40 years
  • T2DM= equivalent
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Key clinical features of diabetic nephropathy

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  • Progressive proteinurea
  • Increased blood pressure
  • Deranged renal function
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Normal, Microalbuminuric, Assymptomatic and Nephrotic ranges of proteinurea

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Measured using urine dipsticks:

Normal: <30mg/24hrs

Microalbuminuric: 30-300mg/24hrs

Assymptomatic: 300-3000mg/24hrs

Nephrotic: >3000mg/24hrs

As urinary albumin increases, serum becomes less osmotic= oedematus

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Strategies for diabetic nephropathy intervention

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  • Diabetic control- lower the HbA1c, lower the risk of microvascular complications
  • Blood pressure control- will slow deteriorating kidney function
  • Inhibition of renin-angiotensin system- ACE inhibitors
  • Stopping smoking
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Types of diabetic neuropathy

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  • ​Peripheral polyneuropathy
  • Mononeuropathy
  • Mononeuritis multiplex
  • Radiculopathy
  • Autonomic neuropathy
  • Diabetic amyotrophy

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All result from blockade of the VASA VASORUM

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Features of peripheral neuropathy

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Loss of sensation in the hands and feet

Most likely to occur in:

  • Tall patients
  • Patients with poor glucose control

testes using monofilament examination

Also leads to loss of ankle jerks and loss of vibration sense

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Mononeuropathy

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  • Sudden motor loss
  • Wrist drop or foot drop
  • Cranial neve palsy
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Mononeuritis Multiplex

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A random combination of peripheral nerve lesions

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Pupil sparing VS aneurysm causing THIRD NERVE PALSY

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Pupil sparing:

  • The eye is usually down and out because of the unopposed action of lateral rectus and superior oblique
  • The pupil DOES respond to light- PArasympa fibres on the outside do not loose blood supply in diabetes

Aneurysm causing:

  • It will press on the parasympathetic fibres first
  • This causes a fixed dilated pupil
  • So a fixed dilated pupil with 3rd nerve palsy is NOT DUE TO DIABETES
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Radiculopathy

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Pain over spinal nerves usually affecting a dermatome on the abdomen or chest wall

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Autonomic neuropathy features and effects

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Loss of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves to the GI tract, bladder and cardiovascular system

Effects on GI tract include:

  • Difficulty swallowing
  • Delayed gastric emptying
  • Constipation/ nocturnal diarrhoea
  • Bladder dysfunction

Effects on the cardiovascular system include:

  • Postural hypoptension
  • Cardiac autonomic supply
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Method for identifying autonomic neuropathy

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Measure changes in heart rate in response to the valsalva manouvre:

  • Make the patient blow into a tube- should cause a change in HR
  • Look at ECG and compare R-R intervals

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