Endocrine Abstracts

Patients diagnosed with Addison’s disease and diabetes mellitus type1, has a rare combination of two autoimmune conditions. Two diagnosis that requires a great deal of self-care. Patients have a potential risk to induce endocrine emergencies such as diabetic hypoglycemia, adrenal crisis and diabetic ketoacidosis. The lack of lifesaving hormones can put the patient in potential life threatening situations. I’ll share my experience in meeting these patients. Brief phys...

Background: Patients with type 1 diabetes and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more often absent from clinic visits than patients with diabetes type 1 without. If they come, they are often delayed, plasma glucose self-monitoring meters are not brought with, blood specimen collections are not done and difficulties in self-care are noticed. To achieve a stable blood glucose control, meals with a calculated amount of carbohydrates matched with a specific dose o...