Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The practice of endocrinology requires the support of good laboratory services in order to make accurate diagnosis of many endocrine disease. Many endocrine disorders appear rare in our country because of lack of reliable laboratory services. The following cases illustrate this frustration.Case 1: A 39-year old caterer, known hypertensive but diagnosed diabetic recently when she developed a non-healing left foot ulcer and subsequent gangrene ...

A 25 year-old female Polytechnic student who presented at the emergency department with a 5-day history of high grade fever with chills and rigor, headache, generalized body weakness, postpandrial vomiting, epigastic pain and passage of melena and feeling of cramps in her hands and feet. Had no history of PUD but had used NSAIDS for pains and the cramps.Her RBS was 155 mg/dl. Genotype unknown. LMP 6/4/17Physi...

A 25 year-old female Polytechnic student who presented at the emergency department with a 5-day history of high grade fever with chills and rigor, headache, generalized body weakness, postpandrial vomiting, epigastic pain and passage of melena and feeling of cramps in her hands and feet. Had no history of PUD but had used NSAIDS for pains and the cramps.Her RBS was 155 mg/dl. Genotype unknown. LMP 6/4/17Physi...

26-year-old female lawyer who was first diagnosed to have Grave’s disease in our Endocrinology clinic, when she presented with palpitations, protruding eye balls, progressive weight loss good appetite, heat intolerance and a small goiter and confirmatory TFT results. She was controlled with (and maintained on) 10 mg of carbimazole. She also had flesh-colored swellings, with areas of hyperpigmention and induration on her shins, as well as hyperpigmented patches on her ankl...

A 54 year-old businesswoman who has been diabetic for 6 years and had a history of PUD. She was referred following complaints of increasing hyperpigmentation of her palms, feet and old scars. She also had a boil on her back, significant weight loss, poor appetite and a slight non-productive cough.She was transfused with two pints of blood a month earlier at a private hospital when her PCV was found low. She is not hypertensive. Her drug history included ...

Background: Hypoglycaemia is a life-threatening condition commonly encountered in emergency department (ED), mainly among individuals with diabetes on insulin or oral hypoglycaemic agents (OHA). Hypoglycaemia in non-diabetic individuals is not a common condition and its often a diagnostic challenge for clinicians especially when presented in an unusual way. Although it does not seem to be a cardiac emergency feature, various electrocardiograph...

Background: Hypoglycaemia is a life-threatening condition commonly encountered in emergency department (ED), mainly among individuals with diabetes on insulin or oral hypoglycaemic agents (OHA). Hypoglycaemia in non-diabetic individuals is not a common condition and its often a diagnostic challenge for clinicians especially when presented in an unusual way. Although it does not seem to be a cardiac emergency feature, various electrocardiograph...

Background: Besides differences in the overall prevalence between IGT and IFG, there is now clear evidence of differences in phenotype between the two categories. The most consistent and statistically significant difference is that IFG is commoner in men than women in virtually all age groups, typically being 1.5–3 times higher, but up to seven or eight times higher in Europeans aged 50–70 years. Conversely, the prevalence of IGT is higher in women than men in all ag...

Background: Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder with grievous complications affecting every aspect of patients’ life. Availability of social support helps patients to cope better with the disease, hence positively affecting medication adherence and glycemic control.Objectives: To assess the types of perceived social support and its relationship to medication adherence among T2DM patients attending a public hospital in Lagos, Nigeria.</...

Background: Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder with grievous complications affecting every aspect of the patients’ life. Availability of social support helps patients to cope better with the disease, hence positively affecting their quality of life.Objectives: To assess the level of perceived social support and its relationship to health-related quality of life of T2DM patients attending a public hospital in Lagos, Nigeria.<p clas...