An overlooked diabetes in a relatively young patient

Un diabete trascurato in un paziente relativamente giovane

Authors

  • Sandro Inchiostro UO di Medicina Generale e Pronto Soccorso, Ospedale di Borgo Valsugana, Trento - Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19156/abtpn.2018.0046

Keywords:

Type 2 diabetes, Diabetic retinopathy, Empagliflozin, ACE inhibitors

Abstract

In the second decade of the 2000s, it is still possible, in an industrial country like Italy, that relatively young people with type 2 diabetes are referred to a diabetologist with complications already underway, due to neglecting the disease for lack of awareness and for refusal to accept the disease. We report the case of a patient, referred to the diabetologist by the ophthalmologist who diagnosed severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy and bilateral macular edema (Diabetology).

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Published

2018-07-25

How to Cite

Inchiostro, S. (2018). An overlooked diabetes in a relatively young patient: Un diabete trascurato in un paziente relativamente giovane. AboutOpen, 4(1), 73–79. https://doi.org/10.19156/abtpn.2018.0046

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