Diabetic polyneuropathy: a current algorithm for patient management

Abstract

Diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) is the most common chronic complication of diabetes mellitus and can develop just at the prediabetes stage. As DPN progresses and, in the absence of its adequate treatment, leads to worse quality of life and its shorter expectancy in patients. The paper discusses current clinical guidelines for the examination and management of patients with DPN, diagnostic methods, and pathogenetic treatment of this disease.

Keywords

• diabetic polyneuropathy
• cardiac autonomic neuropathy
• neuropathic pain
• thioctic acid
• benfotiamine
• gabapentinoids