Aging is always accompanied by certain changes in urological and sexual function. In diabetics, these changes occur more intensely and earlier, as they are more prone to bladder problems and urinary tract infections. In the case of men, they may have difficulties in having an erection or ejaculating, while women may have problems with vaginal … Read more
People with Down syndrome tend to have more medical pathology than the general population, including thyroid disease. The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in the Down syndrome population varies among different studies, depending on the sample size, the population chosen and the diagnostic criteria used. Hypothyroidism is the most frequent form of thyroid dysfunction in people … Read more
Hypothyroidism is a deficiency of thyroid hormones. These hormones have very diverse and important functions: they regulate every function of our body, acting on all organs and systems (cardiac, respiratory, digestive, nervous, etc.). It is one of the most common consultations in Endocrinology, being the majority of patients women, and can occur at any age. … Read more
Between 15 and 20% of infertility cases are unexplained, but most of them are thought to be due to oxidative stress, which affects 5 to 10% of women under 30 years of age; it ages the ovaries, preventing them from functioning properly and causing them to not produce enough oocytes to achieve pregnancy. For this … Read more
Diabetes is a disorder in which there is an excess of glucose in the blood due to a lack of or resistance to the action of insulin, the hormone that allows glucose to be metabolized and used by the body’s cells. Gestational diabetes appears only during pregnancy and occurs as a result of insulin resistance … Read more
Diabetes is one of the most common diseases in the majority of the population and is characterized by increased blood glucose. The treatment of diabetes involves finding the necessary balance between the medical treatment that the specialist has prescribed for the patient and his or her responsible and constant involvement to comply with what has … Read more
What is diabetes and what types are there? Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that is acquiring epidemic proportions worldwide, both in developed and underdeveloped countries. Roughly speaking there are 2 types of diabetes, juvenile or infantile diabetes, also called type 1 diabetes, which is treated with insulin and adult or type 2 diabetes which … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated the list of the leading causes of death in the world. Among the top ten remain heart attacks, cerebral hemorrhages and infarctions and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which account for 17 million deaths, according to the latest data published by the WHO in 2011. Chronic diseases such as … Read more
People with diabetes are always on the lookout for advances in treatments to make living with diabetes as easy as possible. The insulin pump and the artificial pancreas are currently the most popular. The insulin pump Insulin pumps have been shown to improve glycemic control by significantly reducing glycosylated hemoglobin, glycemic fluctuations, insulin doses used … Read more
How is Type 1 Diabetes diagnosed? The clinical manifestations of Type 1 diabetes start a month ago with the symptoms and signs that I call pes: polyurea, polydipsia, polyphagia and weight loss, that is, they urinate a lot, they get up at night when previously they did not, and they are losing weight without knowing … Read more