Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder characterized by elevated blood glucose with accompanying microvascular and macrovascular complications resulting in increased morbidity, mortality and reduce quality of life in an individual living with the disease. Studies have shown that tight glycaemic control contributes immensely to the reduce risk of microvascular complications, and to a certain extent macrovascular complications. Achieving tight glycaemic contr...

Background: Sheehan’s syndrome (SS) is rarely encountered in developed countries due to advanced obstetric care but it is still frequent and a major threat to women in developing nations. Anaemia among other risk factors may increase the risk of Sheehan’s syndrome.Case report: 36 year old woman, known sickle cell disease (SCD) patient with previous history of stroke in childhood, presented to the heamatologists on account of generalized body we...