DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2017.v05i03.067

Pages: 1070-1073

Anaemia is a common condition in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. It has been associated with the development and progression of both microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes. Hence there is need to find the proportion of anemia in T2DM patients and to establish the association of anemia with complications of T2DM. A record based case series study using data of 100 diabetic patient’s ≥18 years of age was done. History and clinical examination related to diabetes and its complication, complete blood count, creatinine, urea, blood glucose levels, urine examination and fundoscopy findings was extracted. Patients were classified as anemic as per the WHO criteria, in males less than 13 g/dl and in females less than 12g/dl. Mean age in the study was 55.5 years ± 13.87, with 51 male and 49 female patients. More number of patients had diabetes for 1-5 years (31%). 16% of them had Diabetic nephropathy, 12% had neuropathy and 5% had retinopathy. The prevalence of anemia was 45% in diabetics out of which 64.4% was normocytic normochromic anemia. Among anemia patients 60% had mild, 24.4% had moderate and 15.6% had severe grade of anemia. 62.4% of patients with Diabetic nephropathy had anemia. It is important to screen routinely for anemia in diabetes patients, including those without renal impairment. There will be great impact in managing microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes mellitus by identifying and treating anemia as early as possible.