Health seeking delays are typically characterized into three stages- delays in recognizing a complication and deciding to seek care, traveling to a health facility, and receiving appropriate care upon arrival at a health facility [ 21- 23].
Barrett's epithelium, which is recognized as a complication of erosive esophagitis, is recognized as a pre-malignant condition that may lead to the development of esophageal adenocarcinoma [ 1, 2].
Cardiomyopathy has been recognized as a complication after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT).
Strikingly, long before OD was recognized as a complication of the overcorrection of hyponatremia, investigators had noted that alcoholic patients were especially prone to this complication.
Bilateral visual loss in dialysis induced hypotension remains poorly recognized as a complication by both renal physicians and ophthalmologists.
Thrombotic microangiopathy has long been recognized as a complication of disseminated cancer [ 5] and cisplatin therapy [ 6].
Bilateral visual loss in dialysis-induced hypotension has also been described; however, it remains poorly recognized as a complication by both renal physicians and ophthalmologists.
In summary, hearing impairment is not widely recognized as a complication of diabetes despite its occurrence in as many as two-thirds of our diabetic sample.
Reduced bone mineral density (BMD) has been increasingly recognized as a complication of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) in children, although the data remain limited to a few retrospective studies and one prospective study.
The development of diabetes mellitus after kidney transplantation attributed to steroid use was first reported by Starlz in 1964, 1 and subsequently recognized as a complication of kidney transplantation in the 1970s.
Although bone diseases such as osteoporosis or osteodystrophy are commonly associated with PBC, osteomalacia which is caused by abnormal vitamin D metabolism, mineralization defects, and phosphate deficiency has not been recognized as a complication of PBC.
