Strange episodes during sleep - epilepsy or parasomnia?

In some forms of epilepsy, the seizures occur almost exclusively during sleep. This is particularly the case with hypermotor frontal lobe seizures. Clinically it can be difficult to distinguish such seizures from parasomnias and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.

[Foot disease in Icelandic patients with established type 2 diabetes].

Objective: To assess the prevalence of symptoms and signs of diabetic foot disease in patients with established type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in Iceland and compare it to controls without diabetes.

Materials And Methods: Participants were 41 individuals (age range 48 to 75 years), with diabetes of at least 8 years duration, birth date between 1925 and 1965 who were living in the greater Reykjavik area. The control group consisted of 34 spouses without diabetes (age range 43 - 77 years).