36 Romanian medical JouRnal – Volume 70, no. 1, 2023 CLINICAL STUDIES Ref: Ro Med J. 2023;70(1) Doi: 10.37897/RMJ.2023.1.4 Diabetes Mellitus in the Internal Medicine Department of the Regional Hospital in Peja January-December 2021 Besarta Pelaj Faculty of Medicine, ”Fehmi Agani” University of Gjakova, Gjakova, Kosovo Corresponding author: Besarta Pelaj E-mail: besarta.pelaj@uni-gjk.org ABSTRACT Diabetes is a relatively common disease that affects 2-4% of the US population. This disease develops due to lack of insu- lin and presents with chronic disorders of carbohydrate metabolism as well as fat and protein metabolism. Aims. To present the number of cases that have been affected by Diabetes mellitus in the region of Peja in the period January to December 2021 compared with the number of diabetes in people with Covid19 in the same ward. Material and methods. The descriptive component of the epidemiological method from the retrospective aspect was used. Results. A total of 500 patients with diabetes were admitted to the Internal Medicine ward of the Peja Regional Hospital (200 were with Covid-19), and 62 patients were registered in this ward for obtaining diabetes booklets who entered insu- lin for the first time (a total of 562 patients). From January to December, 2021, 99 patients with diabetes were presented for the first time, out of these 60 were with covid19 who hope that after 1-3 months they will not have diabetes and we are in contact, we are following them, as well as 39 patients who did not have covid19 are first-time diabetics. During the period January, February, March, April, May, August and September, 374 patients were treated in the Internal Medicine. Conclusions. Based on the inclusion of this disease in the Peja Region, the data will serve us to take measures to prevent DM starting with patient education and to recommend preventive measures. Keywords: diabetes, Peja Regional Hospital, Covid-19 Article History: Received: 27 February 2023 Accepted: 6 March 2023 INTRODUCTION Diabetes is a chronic disease that causes compli- cations in all tissues and organs. For success in the treatment of diabetes, cooper- ation is needed between the medical staff, the pa- tient and the family members [1]. Diabetes is a relatively common disease from which 2-4% of the population suffer in the US [1]. This disease develops due to a lack of insulin and presents chronic disorders of carbohydrate metabo- lism as well as fat and protein metabolism [2]. For these patients, it is very important: Educa- tion, self-control, self-care, Physical activity, Insulin, Oral diabetes therapy, Nutrition, medical therapy [1,2]. The goals of this paper were: To present the number of cases that have been affected by DM in the region of Peja and have been admitted to the in- ternal medicine department for the time period Jan- uary to December 2021, comparing it with the num- ber of diabetes in people with Covid-19 in the same department. Material and working method: the descriptive component of the epidemiological method. Statisti- cal parameters were used for data processing: rela- tive numbers, stops, indicators, structure index, etc. Excel - charts are used for presentation. RESULTS The results of this work are presented through Figures: In Figure 1, can see that during the months of January, February, March and April there were a to-