Vol 2, No 6 (2013)
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Tonsillectomy due to chronic tonsillitis improves metabolic control in type 1 diabetic patients

Małgorzata Białecka, Paweł Niedźwiecki, Dorota Zozulińska-Ziółkiewicz, Bogna Wierusz-Wysocka
Diabetologia Kliniczna 2013;2(6):208-212.

Abstract

The presence of chronic inflammatory lesions in patients with diabetes has a negative effect on the course of the disease. Tonsillectomy due to chronic tonsillit is in the short-term observation leads to improved metabolic control in patients with type 1 diabetes. In this study it was decided to assess the long-term results of metabolic control and markers of inflammation in patients with type 1 diabetes who underwent tonsillectomy for chronic purulent tonsillitis. The study was performed in 56 patients, with mean age 27.2 ± 7.7 years and duration of diabetes: 8.7 ± 7.0 years, who had tonsillectomy before at least a year. Long-term results showed significantly lower HbA1c after tonsillectomy than before: 8.58 ± 1.69% vs. 7.98 ± 1.45%, p = 0,025. This beneficial effect of tonsillectomy on the parameters of glycemic control is justified to recommend the elimination of inflammatory foci in people with diabetes.