Endocrine Abstracts

32 year old female presented to her GP following a first trimester miscarriage which consequently resulted in her experiencing secondary amenorrhoea for more than 9 months. Secondary amenorrhoea is defined as cessation of regular menses for 3-6 months or the cessation of irregular menses for 6-12 months. Her main concern was around her subfertility and dry skin. She started menarche at the age of 10 with regular monthly menses until her copper coil insertion 4 years ago. She h...

A 47-year-old female presented to the Emergency department following an episode of loss of consciousness at home that her daughter had identified as due to hypoglycaemia (using her husband’s capillary blood glucose meter 1.1mmol/l) and treated. She reported several episodes of fainting, sweating and generalised weakness over 6 months which improved after eating snacks. There was no previous history of diabetes; she had been diagnosed with Graves’ disease 6 months pre...