Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Animals have long been considered the best friends of man, but as it turns out, the degree of empathy towards them is ontogenic variable. So far there have been studies showing the influence of mutations in the oxytocin gene on our level of empathy.Method: It was decided to check if hormonal factors have the influence on our relations with animals. For this purpose, patients treated in our department of endocrinology were examined. The stud...

Introduction: The low FT3 syndrome is known as associated with a high risk of death within a short time. Less is a long-term observations, and only a few concerning patients on chronic dialysis.The aim of the study was to evaluate whether the value of thyroid hormones on hemodialysis are a predictor of risk of death in the follow-up of 5 years.Results: The study included 89 patients (58 men) undergoing dialysis in the period from 0...

Introduction: Both thyroid dysfunction and sexual dysfunction in young women are relatively common. Even is described the correlations between various types of sexual dysfunction in women, and the severity of hyperthyroidism. However, it is known to us a description of the coexistence of vaginismus with arthritis, a relatively rare complication of antithyroid treatment.Case report: 25-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with symptoms of polyarthritis...

The aim of this work was to estimate chosen cognitive functions in diabetics and to investigate possible correlations between cognitive abilities and chosen clinical and biochemical parameters.The research was conducted among 122 patients with diabetes type 1 or 2 and 140 clinical healthy people. Cognitive tests such as MMSE test, Clock Drawing Test, Trial Making Test were applied.In almost 40% of examined diabetics, the significan...

Introduction: Although education is widely regarded as one of the pillars of diabetes treatment, it is relatively little work analysing its effectiveness. Therefore we would like to present our prospective observations.Method: In 2003–2004, 500 consecutive patients visiting our diabetes education centre put to the test the knowledge of diabetes as 20 questions which focus on practical skills proceedings in diabetes. We did not have a direct affect t...

Introduction: In the testicular adrenal rest tumor (TART) syndrome, doctors think before all to preserve fertility and oncological risk. Meanwhile, for the patient are relevant primarily those disorders that hinder him daily functioning and affect the quality of life. Because of it, we would like to introduce our patient with cognitive impairment.Case report: A 20-year-old male, working in the factory, came to an endocrinologist at the request of his mot...

Introduction: Hypogonadism in men is the increasing problem of the present medicine, specially concerning patients suffering from chronic diseases, e.g. diabetes, chronic kidney diseases. However, there are no enough data referring to haemodialysed patients and correlation with adequacy of dialysis was not found.Aim: The aim of the study was to assess the gonadal status of male patients receiving dialysis in our ward with reference to parameters of adequ...

Introduction: Gallstone disease is one of most common in the Europe with prevalence till 15%. The basic mechanism of stone formation is precipitation of cholesterol crystals in the supersaturated bile. The relationship between thyroid function and the content of cholesterol has been known for quite a long time, as well as the work confirming the relationship between hypothyroidism and cholelithiasis. Recently, in mice it has been shown that both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroid...

Introduction: False memory, that is, remembering events, prohibitions and recommendations that did not happen. This phenomenon has long been known in forensics as it seems to be much more recognized in everyday life. This also applies to patients who could significantly interfere with communication with the doctor and education opportunities. In the face of surprisingly few papers on this subject regarding diabetes, we would like to present our observation.<p class="abstex...

Introduction: The phenomenon of false memory is quite prevalent among people with cognitive impairment. Cognitive dysfunction and its relationship with the thyroid gland has been described. In contrast, little is known about the phenomenon of false memory in patients with thyroid diseases. That is why we want to introduce our preliminary observation.Method: Patients aged 64 to 90 years (average 77) with endocrine disorders were subjected to tests for typ...