Thyroid Dysfunction in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes With Early Diabetic Nephropathy. (AssuitU)

Assiut University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Evaluation Thyroid Functions in Diabetic Patient

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03154398

Assiut1991

Details and patient eligibility

About

Diabetes Mellitus is the most common disorder seen. The impact of this disease on the quality of life, and on morbidity and mortality through the complications that affect the small and large vessels resulting in retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, and ischemic heart disease has been emphasized by the findings of the national commission (USA) on diabetes .

So, there was curiosity to understand and learn the association of this disorder with another common endocrine gland function that is thyroid gland . The association between these two disorders has long been recognized although the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in diabetic population varies widely between studies. With insulin and thyroid hormone being intimately involved in cellular metabolism and thus excess or deficit of these hormones result in functional derangement of the other .

Diabetic patients have higher prevalence of thyroid disorder when compared with the normal population. Diabetic women are more frequently affected than men and hypothyroidism is more common than thyrotoxicosis.

As Hyperthyroidism impairs glycemic control in diabetic subjects, while hypothyroidism may increase susceptibility to hypoglycemia thus complicating diabetes management so Severe diabetic complications where noted in patients with sub- clinical hypothyroidism . Sub-clinical hypothyroidism is an independent risk factor for development of diabetic nephropathy.

Full description

Recognition and treatment of thyroid dysfunction in diabetic patients will benefit glycemic control and improve general well-being Diabetic nephropathy, a major microvascular complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus, is an important cause of chronic kidney disease. It results from interactions between hemodynamic and metabolic factors.

Enrollment

100 patients

Sex

All

Ages

40 to 70 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria