Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: In this case report we present a newly diagnosed, underweight type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) patient developed insulin oedema following high dose insulin therapy.Case: A 18-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital with a 1-month history of excessive water consumption, pollakiuria, polyuria, and weight loss 6 kg. In laboratory examination, hyperglycaemia and ketonuria were detected; arterial blood pH was 7.38. Patient was hospitalised to the...

Aim: In this study, we aimed to assess psychiatric symptoms in 1000 type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients.Material and methods: 297 patients (mean age 52.13±9.37 years, 190 women and 107 men) who had T2DM were included as a preliminary in this study. The presence of cheiroarthropathy, Dupuytren’s contracture, tinnel sign, and tendinitis was assessed. Diabetic retinopathy was assessed by direct ophthalmoscopy. Urinary albumin excretion was de...

Aim: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic condition characterised by persistent hyperglycaemia with resultant morbidity and mortality related primarily to its associated microvascular and macrovascular complications In this study our aim was to investigate the prevalence of the most frequently occurring hand complications in 1000 type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients.Material and methods: 297 patients (mean age 52.13±9.37 years, 190 women and...