Endocrine Abstracts

Diabetes can manifest not only with hyperglycemia,but also as hypoglycemia. It typically occurs postprandially,3-5 hrs after meals and is preceded by early post meals hyperglycemia.58 yrs old Saudi gentleman had Type 2 diabetes for 5 yrs,dyslipidemia,Mitral valve disease,Bronchial asthma, GERD,vitamin D deficiency,BPH and depressive illness. He had presented to the outpatient Diabetes clinic in November, 2015 with post-p...

Diabetes can manifest not only with hyperglycemia,but also as hypoglycemia. It typically occurs postprandially,3-5 hrs after meals and is preceded by early post meals hyperglycemia.58 yrs old Saudi gentleman had Type 2 diabetes for 5 yrs,dyslipidemia,Mitral valve disease,Bronchial asthma, GERD,vitamin D deficiency,BPH and depressive illness. He had presented to the outpatient Diabetes clinic in November, 2015 with post-p...

The short stature can be feature of uncontrolled diabetes due to low portal insulin levels causing decrement of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 concentrations.We describe the case of a 14 yrs old boy with Type 1 diabetes, who was admitted at our hospital in April, 2017 for the evaluation of short stature. He was the youngest of the nine older, normal statured siblings and was the shortest amongst his class-mates. He had not start...

The short stature can be feature of uncontrolled diabetes due to low portal insulin levels causing decrement of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 concentrations.We describe the case of a 14 yrs old boy with Type 1 diabetes, who was admitted at our hospital in April, 2017 for the evaluation of short stature. He was the youngest of the nine older, normal statured siblings and was the shortest amongst his class-mates. He had not start...