review article iranian journal of diabetes and obesity, volume 12, number 3, autumn 2020 164“complications of gastrointestinal system in diabetes mellitus”- neglected part of diabetic management

The incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its complications are increasing. like other complications, most of the diabetes patients have gastrointestinal (gi) symptoms but in majority of cases gi complications are under diagnosed and not treated properly, resulting in impairment of the quality of daily life. gi system including liver and pancreas are involved in diabetes mellitus. these gi complications of diabetes mellitus need proper diagnosis and treatment to get a quality of life and clinician needs clinical suspicion to identify and proper knowledge to treat.