Endocrine Abstracts

The obesity epidemic, which has persisted for more than 45 years, is now being faced concurrently with the coronavirus pandemic, with deadly effects. The complex changes caused by obesity, such as chronic inflammation, are known to be detrimental in patients with COVID-19. 33.2% of the Georgian population is obese (1). Therefore, we aimed to explore the synergistic effects between obesity and SARS-CoV-2. The objective of our study is to compare the presence of neutralizing ant...

Background: Type1 diabetes is associated with reduction in Bone mineral density (BMD). It is thought, that metabolic abnormalities associated with type 1 diabetes alter the BMD, but the pathologic mechanisms of reduced bone mass are not fully understood.Objective: The aim of our study was to reveal whether the metabolic control affects bone mass in patients with type 1 diabetes.Materials and Methods: We studied 80 patients (45 -mal...

Background: The impact of hyperglycemia on atherogenesis is regulated through the increase of the oxidative stress, increase of the rest of the glycosylated products of metabolism and development of the endothelium dysfunction.Aim: To compare the biochemical indexes and investigate their relationship with the development of cardiovascular disease in obese patients with and without type 2 diabetes.Materials and methods: 21 patients ...

Aim: To study the carbohydrate metabolism in patients with Itsenko-Kushing’s disease (IKD) and Itsenko-Kushing’s syndrome (IKS).Materials and Methods: 23 patients with hypercorticism were investigated. From which in 8 patients IKD was diagnosed, and in 15 – IKS. In patients with IKD the amount of cortizol was at 8.00 – 273.3±56.8 ng/ml (N- 50–250 ng/ml); 20.00 – 343.3±43.8 ng/ml (N- 50–250 ng/ml); the value of...

Aim: To investigate the influence of Cimicifuga Racemosa in women with peri – and early postmenopause.Materials and Methods: 125 women were investigated. They created 2 groups. The group I – perimenopausal women, their age varied between 36–45 years (n=85); II – women with early postmenopause, their age varied between 46–55 years (n=40). They complained about hot flashes, skin irritating, excess hyperhidrosis, tachy...

Background: The ultrasound investigation in combination with fine-needle aspiration biopsy is one of the precise methods of the diagnostic of the thyroid nodular formations.Aim: To assess the possibilities of the diagnostic methods in case of the euthyroid nodular formations of the thyroid.Materials and methods: 220 patients with nodular euthyroid formations of the thyroid were investigated, from which: 189 were women and 31 –...

The hyperprolactinemic disorder is a syndrome of prolactin hypersecretion. The syndrome is more prevalent in women than in men, but lately accidence of the syndrome disease tends to increase in men. Hyperprolactinemic disorder mostly affects men at the age range 40–59 years. Patients at the physician’s consultation have following complaints: erectile dysfunction, infertility, libido reduction, rarely gynecomastia.Sixteen patients were examined ...