Severe and disabling diabetic autonomic neuropathy: a case report.

J Diabetes Complications

Wolverhampton Diabetes Centre, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton WV10 0QP, UK.

Published: December 2004

We report a case of a woman with several and severe disabling manifestations of autonomic neuropathy in whom reasonable quality of life was established by combining continuous insulin infusion, jejunal feeding, colostomy and bladder self-catheterisation. We discuss the prevalence rates, pathophysiology, management and prognosis of this disabling condition.

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