Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Fatima was brought confused
- Patient fatima was brought in with confusion.
Previously she had polydipsia, polyuria, and
plyphagia. She also had weight loss, hypertension,
and depression
- DDx
- the only possible differential diagnoses are
the different types of diabetes
- Diabetes
- Types
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- Latent autoimmune
diabetes
- Monogenic diabetes
- Ketosis-prone
diabetes
- Gestational diabetes
- Epidemiology
- Diabetes prevalence is increasing worldwide, compounded by
population growth and an aging population. In 1980, the global
age-standardized diabetes prevalence was 4.3%. In 2017, the global
age-standardized diabetes prevalence was estimated at 8.6%.
- Etiology
- Type 1 diabetes results from an autoimmune disease that destroys beta cells in the pancreas that
produce insulin. Type 2 diabetes often presents on a background genetic predisposition and is
characterized by insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency.
- Risk factors
- Investigations
- Management