Diabetes mellitus is the 7th leading cause of death worldwide. Diabetes can affect the organ systems and lead to serious complications, majorly categorized as macrovascular complications, microvascular complications, and diabetic wounds. Foot ulcer develops in 15-25% diabetic patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFType 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune disease which leads to the destruction of pancreatic β-cells, thereby causing insufficient insulin production. Globally, around 98, 200 children and adolescents below 15 years of age and almost 128,900 subjects below 20 years of age develop T1DM annually, along with severe complications deteriorating their quality of life. In India alone, around 15,900 incident cases below 15 years have reported annually.
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