Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and celiac disease are two frequently associated autoimmune pathologies. The association with hepatomegaly raises discussion of many diagnosis.Case presentation: We report the case of a 12-years-old T1DM girl admitted at department C of the national institute of nutrition of Tunis for diabetic ketosis. She has T1DM since 5 years, with poor glycemic control (HbA1C=10%) and poor therapeutic adherence. On examin...

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes and celiac disease are two autoimmune pathologies that frequently coexist. This association implies specific nutritional management whose application by the patient is not always simple. We report An extream case of malabsorption in a patient with type 1 diabetes and celiac disease.Case presentation: This was the case of a 34-year-old with type 1 diabetes (T1D), celiac disease and vitiligo evolving since 13, 7 and 2 years re...

Introduction: Diabetes is a chronic disease that can lead to macroangiopathies and microangiopathies. The aim of our study was to describe the characteristics of these degenerative complications according to gender.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study from September to December 2023, at Department C of the national institute of nutrition of Tunis. We included 70 patients with type 2 diabetes, evolving from 5 to 20 years, and with ages ranging fr...

Introduction: Anemia is a pathology frequently associated with diabetes mellitus (DM). The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of anemia among patients with DM and to identify its associated factors.Methods: We included 95 patients with diabetes mellitus hospitalized during November and December at department C of the national institute of nutrition of Tunis. We did not include pregnant women. Demographic characteristics, anthropometric parame...

Introduction: Anemia is a pathology frequently associated with diabetes mellitus. The aim of our study was to determine the characteristics of anemia in a population of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM).Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Department C of the National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis. Recruitment was spread over 2 months. We enrolled patients hospitalized for diabetes control with anemia, as defined by the World Healt...

Introduction: Obesity is often associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We aimed to investigate associations between obesity and degenerative complications of diabetes mellitus.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted at department C of the national institute of nutrition of Tunis including patients hospitalized for uncontrolled diabetes, in November and December 2023. Demographic characteristics, anthropometric parameters, past medica...