Open AccessGraves' Disease and Diabetes Mellitus
Author(s) -
M. Suttan Assin,
Jusuf Rukman,
Jose Rl Batubara,
Setyo wati
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
paediatrica indonesiana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2338-476X
pISSN - 0030-9311
DOI - 10.14238/pi32.11-12.1992.327-31
Subject(s) - medicine , propylthiouracil , diabetic ketoacidosis , diabetes mellitus , ketoacidosis , disease , thyroid hormones , girl , graves' disease , pediatrics , thyroid , hormone , endocrinology , type 1 diabetes , psychology , developmental psychology
Thyroid hormones play an important role in the metabolic propesses. Its disturbances will involve several organs, consequently. A 5 year old girl with Graves' diseases, after several weeks of treatment with propylthiouracil (PTV), developed thyrotoxicosis crisis and diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis; a condition which is usually fatal. Treatment toward the hyperthyroid state overcome the diabetic stage, eventually.
This report is an example of an endocrinological interaction in a hyperthyroid patient. Therefore, the diabetogenic effect of hyperthyroxinemia should not be overlooked.