Vnitr Lek 2023, 69(2):E26-E30 | DOI: 10.36290/vnl.2023.026

Diabetes mellitus urological complication

Miroslava Ryšánková

Urologie Náchod, s. r. o.

Diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia due to an absolute or relative lack of insulin. The disease mainly affects the nervous system, and the urological complications themselves develop on the basis of these disorders. Urological patients with diabetes present in ambulance with manifestations of common urological diseases, but also suffer from complications of the urinary system or genital organs that are specific for diabetic patient. Usually, these complications go unrecognized for a long time or manifest only non-specifically. But they are often life-threatening for patients. Treatment does not consist only in urological stabilization, but stabilization of the diabetes itself is also necessary. It can be said that diabetes increases the risk of urological problems, and on the contrary, urological problems (especially inflammation) can lead to decompensation of the patient's diabetes.

Keywords: diabetes mellitus, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic cystopathy, Fournier's gangrene, emphysematous pyelonephritis, renal papillary necrosis.

Accepted: March 29, 2023; Published: March 30, 2023  Show citation