Endocrine Abstracts

: A 26 year old 22 weeks pregnant woman was referred to the Endocrine team after she presented with high blood pressure without evidence of proteinuria. She had no past medical history and was newly diagnosed with gestational diabetes. On clinical examination, she had some clinical features consistent with hypercortisolism such as very prominent large purplish striae over her abdomen, bad facial acne, multiple superficial ecchymoses due to easy skin bruisability and excessive ...

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...

A 70-year old gentleman was referred to the endocrine clinic by the Cardiology team following an admission with blackouts- three in three years, two causing road traffic accidents. During one of the accidents, his capillary blood glucose reading dropped below 3 mmol/l. The patient reported dizzy spells, accompanied by hot flushes, sweats, tremor, change in colour- “looking grey”, feeling hungry and nausea, alleviated by sugary snacks. These episodes were linked to mi...

A 61-year old woman, referred to the endocrine clinic, post Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, exhibited symptoms of dizziness, weakness, light-headedness and sweating. These symptoms were associated with light meal following prolonged fast. A clinical diagnosis of reactive hypoglycaemia was made. She was advised to make lifestyle modification and adopted a low glycaemic index diet. Baseline bloods including cortisol, IGF-1 and urinary metanephrine were within reference range. Mixed me...