MECHANISM OF DEVELOPMENT OF COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS

The importance of studying cognitive impairment in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) for practicing physicians is explained by the fact that, according to WHO, in 2022 there were 537 million patients with DM in the world and, according to disappointing forecasts, by 2045 their number will increase to 784 million people. As evidenced by epidemiological data, currently about 40 million people in the world suffer from dementia and cognitive dysfunction. Diabetes belongs to the most common group of diseases that causes physiological and pathological changes in the blood vessels of the brain, which leads to the development of cognitive impairment. However, this topic is insufficiently studied. In modern literature there is conflicting information on the discussed issue, which necessitates an analysis of risk factors and characteristics of cognitive dysfunction in diabetes.