Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
Study of Serum Cortisol Levels In type 2 Diabetes and Its Correlation with Severity of Diabetic Retinopathy in South India
A Manjula, M Anaathakrishna , Deepak Raj D
JCDR. 2023: 254-264
Abstract
Background: Diabetes is a chronic disease involving pancreases. Prevention of the complication among the diabetic patients is through prompt and aggressive treatment aimed at maintaining normal blood sugar levels. One of the most common complication of diabetes is diabetic retinopathy, which is one of the leading cause of blindness. Objective: To prove the hyperactivity of HPA axis in uncontrolled diabetes and hypercortisolism fasten the progression of diabetic retinopathy.
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