Incidence of Peripheral Neuropathy and Diabetic Foot Cases among Diabetic Patients in Nasiriyah City: A Survey Study

The aim of the study was to determine the incidence of peripheral neuropathy (PN) and diabetic foot (DF) among patients with type I and type II diabetes between March, 2010, and December, 2012 in Nasiriyah city. The study included 574 diabetic peripheral neuropathy and diabetic foot patients (91 PN (53 male, 38 female), 483 DF (279 male, 204 female). Patients classified according to (type of diabetes, sex, age, smoking and occupation).The results showed that there were no significant variations in the incidence of peripheral neuropathy between males and females in both type I and type II diabetes, However, the incidence of PN and DF in males of both groups (type I and type II) was significantly higher than in females of the same group (p 0.05, p 0.01) respectively. The incidence of PN and DF was increased significantly with age. The results showed that they were highly increased above 50 years of age, in both types of diabetes (p 0.005). It appeared that smoking does not affected the incidence of peripheral neuropathy and diabetic foo, they have high incidence (P 0.005) among non-smokers in comparison with smokers. Our study showed that the incidence of peripheral neuropathy and diabetic foot were significantly increase among patients who performed physical works (p 0.005).