DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i05.081

Pages: 1837-1841

In our country, the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing. In some studies, gastrointestinal symptoms are reported to be higher in patients with T2DM. In our study, we planned to examine the relationship between diabetic neuropathy and Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in T2DM. 106 patients with T2DM whose electromyography had been already performed and who were admitted to our hospital between January 2014 – April 2014 were included in the study. Patients were divided into two groups – those with diabetic peripheral neuropathy and those without peripheral neuropathy. The Belafsky reflux questionnaire which had been adapted to the Turkish language was performed face-to-face. The mean age of patients was found to be 55.4±11.4 (31-85) years. In all, 55.7% of patients (n=59) were female. 36.8% of the patients had neuropathy. In cases those patients with and without neuropathy the frequency of pyrosis [20.5% (n=8/39) and 10.4% (n=7/67), respectively p=0.162) and regurgitation (23.1% (n=9/39) and 10.4% (n=7/67), respectively p=0.096] were not statistically significant difference. The data of present study shows that there is no relationship between the development of peripheral neuropathy and GER symptoms in this diabetic patients cohort.