Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aim: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is the commonest medical pregnancy complication. Nutritional interventions come to the fore as one of the few levers for managing GDM, as many medications are either harmful to the growing fetus, or their toxicity is uncertain. The aim of this study was to assess the potential clinical features and nutritional risk factors of insulin treatment during GDM.Methods: This was a prospective study includ...

Background and aim : To determine clinical and metabolic predictors of persistant abnormal glucose tolerance in post partum after gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods: This was a prospective study including 150 patients with GDM who underwent 75g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) at 4-12 weeks after delivery. Results: The prevalence of abnormal glucose tolerance in post partum after GDM was 32,8 % ,...

Background: Shingles is dermatomal vesicular rash secondary to reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus. It is well recognized when it appears on the trunk, neck or face. Herpes zoster can be easily overlooked in case of dermatomal rash in lower extremity.Observation: A 32-year-old diabetic female was hospitalized for diabetic ketoacidosis. She had trouble walking because of painful rash on the plantar surface of the right foot. She reported the dev...

Introduction: Insulin therapy remains a treatment of last resort for type 2 diabetic patients with uncontrolled diabetes with oral antidiabetic. The aim of this study was to find a correlation between the initial dose of insulin and the glycated hemoglobin (A1c) level.Methods: We conducted a cross sectional study. We included 63 patients with type 2 diabetes hospitalized for a switching to insulin in the C department of diabetology and nutrition at the N...

Introduction: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) in a common endocrinopathy during pregnancy. Anectodal evidence suggests that nutritional management of patients with gestational diabetes may reduce the risk of complications. Therefore, the aim of our study were, to assess eating habits in a population of pregnant women with GDM.Methods: It was a prospective study about 120 pregnant women with gestational diabetes recruited at the Diabetes and Pregnancy...

Introduction: Monogenic diabetes MODY is common but remains under diagnosed because genetic study is expensive in our country.Method: We report the case of an 18-year-old patient with no personal pathological history admitted in October 2022 for diabetes management. Her diabetes was diagnosed accidentally on July 2022: Systematic capillary blood glucose done when she had a Hysteria’s crisis revealed values higher than 2 g/l. From July to October, th...