Endocrine Abstracts

Diabetes is a chronic disease whose associated comorbidities are largely influenced not only by pathology but also by socio-economic conditions. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of social conditions on the evolution of diabetes. A retrospective, comparative study of 111 patients with type 2 diabetes Follow-up in the Endocrinology-Diabetology department in hospital Hedi Chaker of Sfax. Patients were divided into two groups with unfavorable (G1) and good (G2...

Introduction: In Tunisia, only about 10% of people with diabetes practice self-injecting insulin analogues. It is 1 Tunisian adult out of 11 who is affected directly by diabetes. Our goal is to assess diabetes patients’ knowledge of insulin injection techniques.Patients and methods: Prospective study of 56 cases of type 2 diabetic patients in the Endocrinology Department CHU Hedi Chaker Sfax Tunisia. All patients had a questionnaire and clinical exa...

Obesity is considered as an exceeding life style disorder notably in developing countries and it is prevailing at a frightful speed in new world countries as a result of fast food intake, causing raised blood cholesterol levels, which in turn can damage many systems in the body. The present study investigates the hypolipidemic effects of sulphated polysaccharide obtained from Codium fragile (CFSP) in induced obese rats (HFD). The results showed an increase in body weight of HF...

Introduction: The metabolic stressor, hypoglycemia, elicits integrated counterregulatory responses, including activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis. However, it is suggested that recurring insulin-induced hypoglycemia can impair this counter-regulation. Here we report three cases of patients with isulinoma and corticotroph deficiency.Case reports: The first case, 38-year-old man was referred because of recurrent episode...

Diabetes is a factor favoring infections. Among which, the sepsis that becomes formidable and serious on this ground. The purpose of our work is to study the clinical, therapeutic and evolutionary features of sepsis in diabetics. A retrospective study of 43 cases of septicemia in diabetic patients collected at the service of Sfax Infectious Diseases. There were 22 men and 21 women, mean age 59 (20–78) years. Community origin was present in 88.4% of cases and nosocomial in...