Diabetologia Doświadczalna i Kliniczna 2008, tom 8, nr 1

Incidence of mycoses, both superficial and systemic, has increased during recent years. This is due to the prevalance of fungi in human’s environment as well as to the ability of those organisms to develop on the surface of skin and mucous membranes, in saliva, vagina,faeces, urine and internal organs. The most common etiological factors responsible for mycoses are fungi of genus Candida, mainly C. albicans, however other species of this genus are more and more often identified, causing numerous diagnostic and therapeutic problems...

Due to current possibilities of management and self-monitoring of metabolic condition in particular, patients with diabetes have lots of choices but also lots of duties, in a word: everything has its price. Travelling became part and parcel of present lifestyle. Diabetic patient may also travel. However, such trip especially when long and associated with time zone change, requires very careful preparations [1, 2]...

Diabetic neuropathy is the most frequent complication of diabetes [1]. Simple definition of diabetic peripheral neuropathy, useful in clinical practice describes it as “the presence of symptoms and/or signs of peripheral nerve dysfunction in people with diabetes after the exclusion of other causes” [2]. According to the classification proposed by American Diabetes Association, diabetic neuropathies are divided into two groups: generalized symmetric polyneuropathies and focal and multifocal neuropathies....

Diabetes, as a growing public health problem, in 2000 concerned approximately 171 million people worldwide, and is predicted to at least double by the year 2030 [1]. Although treatment can prevent or delay some of the micro- and macrovascular complications, diagnosis isoften made when the complications are already present. Therefore, recently more attention is being drawn to early screening and prevention [2]...

The benefits of physical activity in type 2 diabetes were proven in many studies. Increased level of physical activity prevents type 2 diabetes [1, 2]. Physical fitness is a predictor of late complications, like stroke and myocardial infarction [3]. Every 1 MET achieved during exercise stress test decreases the risk of death by 25% [4]. The effect was present after adjusting for other known risk factors, likehyperlipidemia or hypertension. Enhancing certain level of physical activity reduces arterial blood pressure, serum triglycerides and HbA1c level [5]. In most type 2 diabetes patients a sedentary life style is observed [6]...

Over the last quarter of a century a substantial increase of diabetic morbidity ratio has been observed. The number of type 2 diabetic patients has been growing particularly fast. According to World Health Organization forecasts and data from several epidemiologicalstudies in 2030 the number of patients suffering from this disease worldwide will reach 366 million [1, 2]. Polish national sources report that at present there are more than 2 million diabetic patients in Poland [2, 3]...

Development of depression by patients with diabetes mellitus is associated with a higher risk of complications [1] and death [2, 3] and with elevated glycated haemoglobin [4]. Development of depressive episodes is associated with a lower physical activity, poorer complianceand improper diet [5]. Depression, even at the subclinical level, is important to the development of diabetic complications...

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