ISSN:
1432-1459
Keywords:
Ischaemic conduction block
;
Small fibre function
;
Thermal perception
;
Resistance to ischaemia
;
Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Thermal thresholds were measured during ischaemic compression block in the left forearms of 26 healthy subjects, 10 patients with diabetes mellitus and 6 patients suffering from different kinds of mitochondrial disorders. Cold and warm thresholds in the 6 patients with deficiencies in the respiratory chain increased earlier than in normals. When cold perception was impaired, cold stimuli were perceived as warmth and pinprick perception attenuated. In diabetics cold thresholds were less elevated during ischaemic block than in controls. This was paralleled by tingling paraesthesiae in all groups. The findings show that higher resistance to ischaemic nerve-fibre block in diabetes mellitus is not exclusively based on increased anaerobic metabolism.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00858723
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