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TO DETERMINE THE UNDIAGNOSED DIABETES MELLITUS FREQUENCY IN HERPES ZOSTER INFECTED PATIENTS

Dr Bushra Gohar Shah, Dr Jawad Saifullah, Dr Salman Samar

Objective: To evaluate the incidence of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus in herpes zoster patients. Study design: A Descriptive cross-sectional study. Methods: All patients of 18 years old or above and of both genders, diagnosed as herpes zoster, registered to the Medicine Unit II and Dermatology Department of Services Hospital Lahore for one-year duration from May 2018 to May 2019 were included. Results: Most of the subjects i.e., above 50 years of age were 59(59%), the males from them were 62(62%) while undiagnosed diabetes mellitus frequency in herpes zoster patients was noted in 44(44%) patients while no findings were observed in 56(56%) of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus. Conclusion: The incidence of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus is advanced in herpes zoster infected patients. Therefore, it is suggested that all patients came with symptoms of herpes zoster be selected for screening of diabetes mellitus. However, it is as well necessary that each configuration be monitored to know the frequency of the problem. Key Words: Herpes zoster, undiagnosed diabetes mellitus, frequency.

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