Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The prison environment is a space that involves certain restrictions on prisoners. The diabetic subject requires, however, special attention. The aim of this work is to evaluate the impact of this medium on the glycemic balance and the metabolic profile.Patients and method: Descriptive cross-sectional study carried out on a health campaign day in a penitentiary center, in the men’s sector, and concerned patients with known diabetes fro...

Introduction: Hypoglycaemia in non diabetic patients is a decrease of blood glucose below a threshold of 0.5 g/l, corresponds to a pathological situation, with many etiologies and whose management constitutes a real challenge, both symptomatic and etiological. The purpose of this study is to highlight the profile of these hypoglycaemia and their management.Patients and method: We have collected cases of hypoglycaemia in non-diabetic subjects encountered ...

Introduction: The prison environment is a space that involves some restrictions. However, diabetic patients require special attention. The aim of this work is to evaluate the impact of this area on the glycemic control and the metabolic profile.Patients and method: Descriptive cross-sectional study carried out on a day of health campaign in a penitentiary center, in the sector for men, and concerned the 62 known diabetic patients of the institution.<...

Introduction: A disturbed thyroid status is a frequent reason for consultation in endocrinology. The typical tables of hypo or hyperthyroidism encountered lead to classical etiological investigations whether central or peripheral. In some unusual situations, the profile encountered may be atypical. We report a case.Observation: Six years old girl, hospitalized for a goitre evolving since one year without thyrotoxicosis nor compression signs. There was st...

Introduction: The association of a thyroid storm and diabetes ketoacidosis is relatively rare. We report two cases.Observations: The first one is a 20 years old woman, with no history of diabetes, who came with ketoacidosis, a history of non medicated thyrotoxicosis, and she was complaining about fever, a thyrotoxicosis syndrome, a vascular goiter, and exophtalmos. Her general condition had improved significantly after the treatment in emergency and unde...

Introduction: Sick or tired subject, just like the diabetic patient, is exempted from fasting during Ramadan, when it can jeopardize health or well being. Nonetheless, many people want to keep holding onto this practice. However, diabetes can be revealed in this context. The aim of the study is to evaluate the characteristics of the diabetic ketosis during this month by comparing them to data far from this period.Patients et methods: Descriptive, retrosp...

Introduction: Diabetes is a real problem of public health. One of the main preoccupations that arises from it are the cardiovascular complications that are associated to it. In our context, the socioeconomic conditions and the isolation of certain regions constitute a brake that cannot be neglected in the diagnosis, the observance of the treatments and the regular supervision. The aim of this study is to raise the particularities related to the cardiovascular risk factors in t...

Introduction: Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMP) is a serious and rare complication of unrecognized chronic hypocalcemia, whose etiologies are dominated by hypoparathyroidism. The peculiarity of this DCMP is due to the fact that it is reversible to different degrees after the correction of hypocalcemia. Its incidence is rare because of the early management of any hypocalcemia. The objective of our work is to highlight the interest of screening and treatment of postoperative hypopar...

Introduction: Ramadan is the 9th month of the Muslim calendar, where people fast from the sunrise to the sunset. Despite medical recommendations, 100 million Muslims in the world with diabetes and 79% of patients with type 2 diabetes fast during Ramadan.The aim of our study is to determine the impact of fasting during Ramadan on the cognitive performances for patients with type 2 diabetes using two fast tests.Materials and methods:...