Painful diabetic neuropathy is associated with increased nerve regeneration in patients with type 2 diabetes undergoing intensive glycemic control.

Georgios PonirakisMuhammad A Abdul-GhaniAmin JayyousiMahmoud A ZirieMurtaza QaziHamad AlmuhannadiIoannis N PetropoulosAdnan KhanHoda GadOsama MigahidAyman MegahedSalma Al-MohannadiFatema AlMarriFatima Al-KhayatZiyad MahfoudHanadi Al HamadMarwan RamadanRalph DeFronzoRayaz Ahmed Malik

Published in: Journal of diabetes investigation (2021)

This study showed that intensive glycemic control is associated with greater corneal nerve regeneration and an improvement in the severity of pain in patients with painful diabetic neuropathy.

Keyphrases

glycemic control
type diabetes
wound healing
blood glucose
stem cells
weight loss
insulin resistance
chronic pain
peripheral nerve
pain management
neuropathic pain
optical coherence tomography
metabolic syndrome
spinal cord injury
skeletal muscle