Eric’s expanding waistline
• review the features of type 2 diabetes mellitus; • outline common changes in the vasculature associated with diabetes; • summarize renal, ocular and neuronal complications of poorly controlled diabetes; • explain the uses of biguanide, sulfonylurea and thiazolidinedione drugs in the management of type 2 diabetes. His workmates had started to tease Eric about his expanding waistline; the overalls he wore to work would no longer fasten round his middle. In fact, Eric was only too aware that his weight had increased by about 40 lb in the last three years to 200 lb, mostly as a result of daily takeaways and drinking copious amounts of beer each night … Continue reading




















