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Chapter-06 Beedi Smoking and MRDM

BOOK TITLE: Diabetes Mellitus

Author
1. Shanmugam S
ISBN
9788180618697
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10202_6
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2006
Pages
2
Author Affiliations
1. Gomathi Sankar Diabetes and Hypertension Research Center, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
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Abstract

The possible role of beedi smoking in the development of MRDM is thought of. A causal relationship between beedi smoking and MRDM was concluded. Beedi smoking is one of the important habits among the rural poor in South India especially in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The same mechanism responsible for Thromboangitis Obliterans namely vascular spasm and occlusion of peripheral vascular system may be a factor responsible for vascular deprivation of pancreas and the pathology to follow, namely deposition of calcium in the pancreatic tissue presenting in the radiological investigation of these cases.

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