Endocrine Abstracts

Ramadan is a holy month in the Muslim religion, it involves a period of daily fasting from sunrise to sunset, which means an average of fifteen hours of fasting during the day (twelve to eighteen hours depending on seasons and regions). In diabetics, this involves metabolic disorders related to fasting, food mode (quantitative and qualitative change in dietary intake). The objective of our study is to define the profile of diabetic patients seen in the emergency department and...

Introduction: Thyroid storm is an acute exacerbation of hyperthyroidism, responsible for significant mortality despite treatment.Case report: We report the observation of a 43-year-old diabetic patient with basedow’s disease with poor therapeutic adherence; admitted for convulsions and loss of consciousness. The diagnosis of acute thyroid storm on drop out of treatment was mentioned, in front of the detection of peripheral hyperthyroidism with low ...

Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder in females of reproductive age. It is frequently associated with metabolic disturbances and insulin resistance, that occurs in about 50–70%. Evidences were reported about the association between vitamin D and osteocalcin with cardiovascular risk factors, regulation of insulin secretion and sensitivity.Objectives: Evaluation of the association between of low 25-hydroxyvitamin...

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) causes damage to many organs and systems. The consequences of diabetes mellitus in the central nervous system are less known than diabetic peripheral neuropathy and autonomic nervous system neuropathy. Damage to the brain and the spinal cord is less common.Aim: The aim of study is to show the importance of motor and somatosensory evoked potentials (MEP and SEP) for early diagnosis of unapparent central nervous system (C...

Introduction: Hypoglycemia is rarely due to an auto-immune etiology, which is the presence in the serum of the patient of anti-insulin or anti-insulin receptor antibodies. The present case is of a slow type 1 diabetic patient in whom the autoimmune origin of repeated hypoglycemia was found.Case: A 58 years old female patient, Who is a slow type 1 diabetes carrier, and has been on premixed human insulin for 4 years, the patient presented repeated episodes...

Introduction: The concept of food addiction, which refers to people who exhibit signs of dependence to some high-fat and high-sugar foods, was recently proposed by applying DSM criteria of substance dependence to eating behavior. The Aim of This study is to assess the prevalence of food addiction among obese patients.Material and methods: This is a retrospective hospital record-based study of obese patients followed up in the day hospit...

Introduction: Prolactinomas are the most common hormone secreting pituitary adenomas. Also hyperprolactinemia is the cause of a third of all cases of female infertility, yet with adequate management, most patients are able to achieve pregnancy. The purpose of this paper is to reporte the effectiveness of medical treatment in restoring fertility, while managing prolactinoma.And also to illustrate the follow-up of prolactinoma during pragnancy.Cases: The f...

Introduction: Sheehan’s syndrome (SS) is the development of partial or complete hypopituitarism following parturition, preceded in most of the cases by severe postpartum hemorrhage. The disease continues to be common in some developing countries.Some of the anterior pituitary functions like gonadotrophic and corticotrophic secretions may be preserved in these women. The purpose of this observation is to reporte a rare case of spontaneous pregnancy occurs in a patient foll...

Introduction: Sick or tired subject, just like the diabetic patient, is exempted from fasting during Ramadan, when it can jeopardize health or well being. Nonetheless, many people want to keep holding onto this practice. However, diabetes can be revealed in this context. The aim of the study is to evaluate the characteristics of the diabetic ketosis during this month by comparing them to data far from this period.Patients et methods: Descriptive, retrosp...

Introduction: Diabetes is a real problem of public health. One of the main preoccupations that arises from it are the cardiovascular complications that are associated to it. In our context, the socioeconomic conditions and the isolation of certain regions constitute a brake that cannot be neglected in the diagnosis, the observance of the treatments and the regular supervision. The aim of this study is to raise the particularities related to the cardiovascular risk factors in t...