Abstract:Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease of energy metabolism and chronic complications are one of its major caracteristics. Neuropathy is the most prevalent chronic complication of diabetes mellitus. Its pathophysiology still remains as a challenge to be solved. The diabetic neuropathy shows several clinical pictures. In one of these, the diabetic neuropathy manifests itself as a chronic neuropathic pain of difficult control, provoking a great anguish in its bearers. Among the several types of painful diabetic … Show more
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