We report the case of a patient who exhibits a concurrent diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus, Gitelman syndrome and Cacci-Ricci disease. A 27-year-old male patient was diagnosed with Gitelman syndrome at the age of 3 years. Fourteen years later, he developed an autoantibody-negative type 1 diabetes mellitus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The severity of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at diagnosis increased during the global COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to analyze the impact of the pandemic on the clinical and biological severity of DKA in patients with new-onset diabetes mellitus (DM) in Tunisia.
Research Design And Methods: The study included patients hospitalized for new-onset DKA 2 years prior and 2 years during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hyponatremia is the most common fluid electrolyte disorder in hospitalized patients. Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) is the main cause of normovolemic hyponatremia, it can be caused by diverse etiologies: malignant tumors are the most feared cause that clinician persists in finding. Exceptionally, SIADH can complicate Esthesioneuroblastoma (ENB) or olfactory neuroblastoma, a rare tumor of the nasal sinus cavities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Quality of life preservation is crucial in the management of chronic diseases, in particular diabetes.
Aim: To identify risk factors for the impaired quality of life of Tunisian diabetic patients.
Methods: A cross-sectional study that collected type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients, selected by convenience sampling was conducted.