Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory respiratory disease. Stress hormones may increase in asthma and expected to induce hyperglycemia. Some anti-asthma medications increase blood glucose levels e.g. Beta-agonist, while others are known hyperglycemic agent’s e.g. steroids. People who have experienced stress hyperglycemia during severe illness have a threefold risk of developing diabetes in subsequent years, and it may be appropriate to screen for diabetes in surviv...