Introduction: Diabetic neuropathy is one of the most common chronic complications\nof diabetes. Most of the studies on the subject in the sub region,\nparticularly in Burkina Faso, dealt it with the study of the complications of\ndiabetes, or one of its components. Our study was designed to study in particular\nin all its aspects, by searching for its peculiarities in our context, for\nimprovement of its support. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional descriptive\nstudy carried out in 150 diabetic patients aged at least 15 years followed\nin the Department of Internal Medicine at Yalgado Ouedraogo University\nTeaching Hospital. All patients included had agreed to participate in our survey\nafter informed consent. We collected the data during the period from\n2015 November to 2016 June. Each patient was evaluated by the DN4 questionnaire\nand clinically by a neurological examination. We determinated the\nfrequency, the sociodemographic, clinical and therapeutic characteristics of\ndiabetes neuropathy and its related factors. Results: The frequency of diabetic\nneuropathy was 80.7%. Peripheral neuropathies were seen in 81.8% of cases\nand autonomic neuropathies in 72.7% of cases. Autonomic neuropathy was\ndominated by the DAN (59.1%), and erectile dysfunction (44%). There was a\nhigh comorbidity with physical inactivity (66.9%), obesity (49.4%) and\nhypertension (38.8%). There were poorly controlled patients in 38.8%. A link\nwas found between T2DM and neuropathy (p = 0.014). Painful diabetes was\nrelated to the quality of glycemic control (p = 0.007), and hypertension (p =\n0.021). A link was also found between tobacco consumption (p < 0.001), male (p < 0.001), and urogenital autonomic neuropathy. Conclusion: Diabetic\nneuropathies are very common in our context and could be a haunting to the\npractitioner with the progression of diabetes and its corollary of degenerative\ncomplications. There was a significant association between Type 2 Diabetes\nmellitus and the presence of peripheral diabetic neuropathy.
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