Awareness of diabetes and diabetic retinopathy among a group of diabetic patients in main public hospitals in Damascus, Syria during the Syrian crisis

Table 5 Patients ‘diabetes Status

		n (%)
Have you visited a doctor for diabetes before?	yes	241 (92.7)
Have you visited a doctor for diabetes before?	no	16 (6.2)
Do you have any of the following diabetic complications?	Diabetic neuropathy (numbness)^a	147 (56.5)
	Kidney disease	39(15)
	Stroke	13 (5)
	Heart disease	30 (11.5)
	leg stroke ^b	37 (14.2)
Do you Have:	Hypertension	140 (53.8)
	Hyperlipidemia	89 (34.2)
	Family history of Diabetes	166 (63.8)

^a Numbness was explained to the patients as loss of feeling in hands and feet and abnormal spontaneous sensations (paresthesia)
^b (limb ischemia or lower limbs arterial occlusion)

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