Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is defined by the presence of recurrent urticaria (also called hives or wheals), angioedema, or both, for a period of six weeks or longer. CSU affects just 1% pf the general population and its etiopathogenesis is not well understood. CSU is known to be associated with various autoimmune conditions. However the association CSU and Graves Disease is very rarely seen in clinical practice.Clinical case: In this...

We report a 77 year old male who presented to the respiratory clinic with episodes of periodic sweating. These episodes were associated nausea. They came on with exercise and always occurred before meals. The resolving factor noted by the patient was food intake and no features suggestive of reactive hypoglycaemia were noted. His past medical history was significant for hypertension, mild bronchiectasis, mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea requiring CPAP therapy and ische...

Case presentation: A 66 year old male presented to the clinical physiology department for a routine ECHO. He was found to be hemodynamically unstable with fast Atrial fibrillation and was referred to ED for immediate management. He was subsequently admitted in CCU under Cardiology. He presented with a 3 month history of shortness of breath, palpitations, persistent tremors, unintentional weight loss and generalised fatigue. No previous thyroid problems. He had a longstanding h...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is as a major contributor to disease severity and mortality in patients with Covid-19 infection, as the estimated increase in risk of death in hospitalised patients is 3.5-times (for T1DM) and 2.03-times (for T2DM).This retrospective analysis recruited 35 patients from three London hospitals who presented with diabetic emergencies i.e. diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), Hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar state( HHS), presence of ketone...