Juniper Publishers-Journal of Diabetes Obesity Journal

 

  CURRENT RESEARCH IN DIABETES & OBESITY JOURNAL JUNIPER PUBLISHERS Authored by Pikee Saxena     Introduction Diabetes concurrent with pregnancy is a high risk condition and is associated with an increased risk of prenatal mortality. Stillbirth is defined as fetal death after 20 weeks of gestation. Other terms for stillbirths include fetal death, intrauterine fetal death, fetal demise, intrauterine fetal demise. Stillbirth rate is 4-6 times and neonatal mortality is 2-4 times higher in diabetic than in non-diabetic pregnancies. The term prenatal mortality rate is defined as the number of stillbirths after 20 weeks of gestation and number of infant deaths up to 28 days of life [ 1 ]. In the pre-insulin era successful pregnancy was rare in women with pregestational diabetes with prenatal mortality rate as high as 65% [ 2 ]. However with advent of self-monitoring of blood glucose by glucometers, HbA1c, continuous glucose monitoring, insulin pens, p...

  CURRENT RESEARCH IN DIABETES & OBESITY JOURNAL JUNIPER PUBLISHERS       Authored by Ashish Baldi Abstract Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a main cause for morbidity and mortality. Diabetes mellitus is the most common metabolic disorder. Patients suffering from hypertension with diabetic together get several consequences. The usage of an oral antidiabetic drug is specified in patients in whom diabetes is not under controlled with diet and physical activity. Metformin is an important antidiabetic agent belongs to class biguanide. Metformin is proposed as a drug of choice for the treatment of type-2 diabetes, especially for overweight patients. An important side effect of metformin, similar to other oral antidiabetic drugs, is hypoglycemia. However, there are furthermore other rare adverse effects of this drug. Here, the author reports a rare case of allergic reactions caused by metformin in this case report. Keywords: Diabetes mellitu...