Is it Already Time to Recognize Diabetes as an Etiology of Interstitial Lung Disease? A Short Review of the Evidence

Abstract

By now it is well known amongst the Medical Fraternity that Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is not a single disease but rather a heterogenous metabolic dysfunction demonstrating increased blood glucose levels (hyperglycemia) as its major manifestation. However, Diabetes is far more complex and insidious to be labelled as a mere increase in the blood glucose levels. The dysfunction of glucose control transcends the boundaries of blood vessels, neuromuscular and various other organ systems, ultimately leading to any combination of renal, ocular, cardiac, skin, neurological and other organ damage, which makes it is a Legion of diseases, rather than a single pathology.