Progress in Blood Glucose Monitoring in Patients with Hepatogenic Diabetes

Abstract

Hepatogenic diabetes (HD) is secondary to chronic liver parenchymal damage. The main manifestations of HD are hyperglycemia and impaired glucose tolerance, which is caused due to the destruction of the islet cells of pancreas, resulting in the disruption of glucose metabolism. Liver disease and diabetes mellitus are closely related and influence each other. Liver disease may lead to a rise in blood glucose and hence diabetes, which further affects the recovery and treatment of liver disease. It also promotes the deterioration of the liver to a certain extent, because the relationship between cirrhosis and diabetes is highly significant. However, in clinical practice, it is easy for medical personnel to ignore blood glucose in patients with early liver disease, possibly missing the early diagnosis of HD. Therefore, it is important to monitor the blood glucose in patients with liver disease. In this study, we discuss several mainstream blood glucose monitoring techniques to facilitate further research especially in HD.