Abstract:Objective: To understand the effect of peripheral neuropathy on nociception in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (Diabetes Mellitus , DM), to analyze the correlation between the degree of peripheral nerve damage and changes in nociception in patients, and to explore the relationship between the extent and degree of peripheral nerve involvement and changes in nociception. Methods: 106 diabetic patients attending the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University from December 2020 to April 2021 were selected, and the basic information, laboratory test indexes and sensory conduction velocities of bilateral ulnar, median, common peroneal and tibial nerves in electromyography were collected, and they were divided into no injury, mild injury, moderate injury and severe injury groups according to the sensory nerve conduction velocity values. The visual analogue scale (VAS) scores and pressure pain threshold pressure values were recorded by giving sharp pain stimulation and pressure pain stimulation, respectively. Results: Patients with DM had no significant change in pain thresholds at mild peripheral nerve injury; pressure pain thresholds in the extremities were elevated at moderate peripheral nerve injury; and pressure pain thresholds in both lower extremities decreased at severe peripheral nerve injury. Regardless of sharp pain stimulus pain scores or pressure pain thresholds, pain thresholds decreased at severe peripheral nerve injury. Conclusion: With the change of the degree of diabetic peripheral neuropathy, the pain threshold will change regularly. The change of lower extremity pressure pain threshold is most closely related to the degree of peripheral nerve injury. It is believed that the conduction velocity of right tibial nerve has a great influence on the pressure pain threshold of diabetic peripheral neuropathy patients.