Emilia Noemí Cohen Sabban - Dermatology and Diabetes

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When we thought about this book on diabetes, our desire was to achieve something that would help the reader understand the disease from a wider point of view. Hence, this work, contributed by dermatologists and specialists in diabetes, not only reviews the dermatological manifestations of diabetes mellitus but also includes contributions from diabetologists, since we consider the disease in all its aspects in patients with diabetes. Thus, we approach the same issues from the perspective of both specialties, in the same way we face the daily task of taking care of our patients in a multidisciplinary team.

The book comprises a broad spectrum of skin conditions related to diabetes, its comorbidities, its most common complicationsvasculopathy and neuropathyas well as basic and necessary concepts regarding the epidemiology, classification, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease.

We hope that the effort invested in this work will be of great help to all those who, in one way or another, feel responsible for improving the quality of life of these patients.

In the last decade, diabetes prevalence, in a pa ndemic scenario, has increased less faster in high-income nations than in low- and middle-income countries, including Africa and Asia, where most diabetic patients will probably be found by 2030. This rising incidence of diabetes in developing countries accompanies the trend of unhealthy lifestyle changes (low physical activity and Western pattern eating habits) and urbanization [].