Assessment of Motor Function of Phrenic Nerve in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients
Author(s): LM Sweety*
Abstract
Chronic Hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetic patients leads to phrenic nerve damage. Like other peripheral nerves phrenic nerve also gets affected and the magnitude of neuropathy is related to the duration of disease. Moreover this study has proved that phrenic neuropathy is the cause for restrictive lung disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus.