Endocrine Abstracts

BackgroundThe prevention of complications and improvement of metabolic control and state of health in diabetes cannot be effective only with medications. And now we need to develop different approaches – not only up to date pharmacological treatment of diabetes, but change the Self-Management Behavior among patients with Type 2 Diabetes.AimsTo assess the current status of diabetic self-management behavio...

BackgroundIt has often been argued that important psychosocial factors such as depression, anxiety and emotional stress can influence self-help behavior and therefore negatively affect glycemic control. In turn, the reduced quality of life due to chronic illness is a mediated cause of poor glycemic control. Also, attention is drawn to the prevalence of cognitive impairments and dementia.Aims1) to assess the p...

Introduction & BackgroundA COVID-19 pandemic smashed the world not only by it`s severity, but also by the tremendous amount of comorbidities, many of them having autoimmune basis. Thyrotoxicosis as one of the above - could result either from SARS-CoV-2 directly infecting the thyroid gland, as described in other viral infections, or can develop due to immune overactivation during the severe viral load. Subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is a self-limiting inf...