A Comparative Study of Pain Thresholds between Diabetic Neuropathy Patients & Non Diabetic Subjects

Authors

  • Prakash S B, Shankarappa V, Prabha V

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/ijop.v7i2.229

Keywords:

Pain threshold, Algometer, Diabetes Mellitus.

Abstract

Background & Objective

Disturbance of sensory function can be a major feature of neurological illness. Objective measurement of the nature and degree of sensory disturbance is needed to understand and characterize the disorder. Among the many sensory modalities pain is the one which attracts the patient to the physician. Pain is a complex sensory experience. Decrease in pain thresholds, increase in magnitude of sensation is useful for the clinician and researcher. Diabetes Mellitus leads to several recognizable clinic-pathological neuropathic syndromes. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) likely affects up to one third of adults with diabetes. The current study is designed to evaluate pain thresholds in DPN patients & to compare with non-diabetic healthy subjects.

Materials & Method

Thirty diabetic neuropathy patients & thirty non diabetic subjects in the age group of 35–60 years were included for the study. Informed consent & IEC was obtained. The pain a threshold was measured by digital algometer. Subjects were instructed to indicate when the pressure sensation begins to hurt, and they first feel pain, which was noted as the pain threshold.

Results

The pain thresholds were significantly higher in DPN (11.74 ± 4.12) kg/cm2 than in non diabetics (3.02 ± 0.31) kg/cm2 (p<0.05).

Conclusion

Pain threshold is a useful parameter for assessing response to the treatment, but not useful in diagnosis or even as a screening method in diabetic neuropathy patients.

Author Biography

  • Prakash S B, Shankarappa V, Prabha V

    Prakash S B1, Shankarappa V2,*, Prabha V3

    1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Koppal Institute of Medical Sciences, Koppal, Karnataka, India

    2Associate professor, Department of Physiology, Sambram Institute of Medical Sciences, Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka, India

    3Associate professor, Department of Physiology, Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Chamarajanagar, Karnataka, India

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Published

2019-07-20

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2019): International Journal of Physiology

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A Comparative Study of Pain Thresholds between Diabetic Neuropathy Patients & Non Diabetic Subjects. (2019). International Journal of Physiology, 7(2), 185-187. https://doi.org/10.37506/ijop.v7i2.229