Edited by F. Arnold Gries, Norman E. Cameron, Phillip A. Low, and Dan Ziegler. 394 pp., illustrated. New York, Thieme, 2003. $89. ISBN 1-58890-005-3.
Neuropathy is one of the earliest — and most common —chronic complications of diabetes. For some patients, the conditionis simply an annoyance and results in occasional numbness andtingling here and there. But neuropathy can forebode infection,loss of a limb, death as a result of peripheral neuropathy andvascular disease, and dangerous disturbances in blood pressure,nutrition, and urinary tract function. All this is true becausediabetic neuropathy affects components of the autonomic nervoussystem that regulate the functioning of the heart, the vasculature,and the gastrointestinal and urinary tracts. It can be a sourceof heartbreak, . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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