Acta medica Scandinavica
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Acta medica Scandinavica · Jan 1983
Blood glucose and diabetes mellitus in subjects aged 85 years or more.
Blood and urine glucose values and the prevalence of diabetes mellitus were determined in the course of a health survey covering inhabitants of Tampere, Finland, aged 85 or over. Out of the total cohort, 561 (83%) subjects, of whom 82% were women, were examined. ⋯ Five per cent of the total series were on drug treatment for their diabetes; 5% of the diabetics were on insulin therapy and 25% took oral antidiabetic drugs, while 70% were either on diet or had no treatment. Diabetes seems to be common among the very aged, but it is generally mild and easy to treat.
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Acta medica Scandinavica · Jan 1983
Case ReportsLingual infarction and sudden blindness due to giant cell arteritis.
A 72-year-old woman suffered from giant cell arteritis (GCA) which developed into lingual infarction and monocular blindness. Temporary obscuration of vision and lingual symptoms such as increasing malaise, pain and intermittent claudication may precede the catastrophic results of arteritis. Emphasis is laid on early recognition and treatment of GCA.