Subei Zhao

Introduction Although the underlying pathogenesis of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) remains incompletely understood, it is one of the most common chronic complications of diabetes, predominantly affecting sensory, motor, and autonomic nerves.1 Impairment of autonomic nerve function often leads to abnormal sweat secretion, which can result in systemic complications affecting multiple organs.2 Specifically, reduced sweat secretion in the feet causes skin dryness, increasing the risk of...

Introduction Diabetic neuropathy is one of the most prevalent chronic complications of diabetes mellitus (DM), of which diabetic cardiac autonomic neuropathy (DCAN) is a significant subtype. The incidence of DCAN rises annually as DM advances, reaching a prevalence of up to 60% after 15 years of disease occurrence.1 Early DCAN is easy to be overlooked due to symptoms and signs lacking clinical specificity, thus resulting in a low diagnosis rate.