scholarly journals Hepatobiliary function in children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

1995 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 15-17
Author(s):  
Ye. B. Kravets ◽  
Ye. A. Biryulina ◽  
Z. G. Mironova

The hepatobiliary system plays the crucial role in the development of metabolic disorders in diabetics. Involvement of the hepatobiliary system may develop at the early stages of diabetes mellitus. The present study was aimed at elucidation of the specific features of bile excretion and production in children with type I diabetes making use of present-day diagnostic methods. Fifty-two patients with type 1 diabetes aged 6 to 15 and 20 healthy controls were examined. Besides common clinical studies, fractionated duodenal probing followed by biochemical analysis of the bile, ultrasonic examination of the hepatobiliary system, and dynamic hepatobiliscintigraphy were carried out. Typical changes in liver parenchyma developing after fatty hepatosis type were found to play the main role in the structure of hepatobiliary involvement occurring in insulin-dependent diabetes. Disorders of bile excretion are caused by dyskinetic disorders of extrahepatic bile duct and choleresis changes. Bile excretion arrhythmia manifests most frequently as hypertensive dyskinesia. In patients with a longstanding disease bile excretion changes are mainly due to increased tone of the sphincter of Oddi and decelerated contractility of the gallbladder. Biochemical composition of the bile was characterized by decreased concentration of bile acids, phospholipids, and bilirubin, by a lower cholate-cholesterol coefficient, and increased levels of cholesterol and total lipids.

1994 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
N P Mikaelyan ◽  
Yu. A. Knyazev ◽  
A. G. Maxina ◽  
V. A. Petrukhin

Studies of membranoreceptor system in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus revealed that insulin resistance in pregnant patients with type I diabetes is caused by disordered cellular sensitivity to threshold physiological and submaximal insulin doses, whereas the maximal doses of the hormone normalize glucose consumption by the cells. High insulin doses intensify lipid peroxidation, normalize the status of membranous proteins, reduce the number of thiol groups, reduce AOA level in membranes, and, hence, reduce membranous capacity to bind active peroxide radicals. Structural and functional changes in red cell membranes are associated with reduced affinity of insulin receptors, reduction in the number of insulin-binding sites in membranes, this disordering intracellular effects of insulin.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 112-116
Author(s):  
YURI V. BYKOV ◽  
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VLADIMIR A. BATURIN ◽  

Aim. The aim of the study was to diagnose and study the severity of impaired adaptive capacity in children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus using the method of assessment of time intervals. Material and methods. The study included 54 adolescents, aged 14 to 18 years. 27 adolescents with type I diabetes mellitus, who were urgently hospitalized in the intensive care unit in a serious condition, constituted the study group, the other 27 adolescents who were hospitalized for planned surgical intervention constituted the control group (conditionally healthy children). The diagnosis of type I diabetes mellitus was confirmed by clinical and laboratory data (hyperglycemia, ketoacidosis, impaired level of consciousness (deafening-sore). Study protocol: psychophysiological testing in adolescents was performed using the original «Rhythm» program, which presented patients with a reference sequence of sound signals and pauses between them, after which the patients played back the sound sequence using a personal computer. Adolescents in the study group were tested after diabetic ketoacidosis had subsided, glycemia had stabilized, and the level of consciousness had normalized (3–5 days after admission). The control group was tested upon admission to thehospital for planned treatment. Significance of the total index of deviations from the specified reference was determined using Student’s t-criterion. Results and discussion. Significant adaptation disorders were detected both in the study group and in the control group. However, in children with diabetes mellitus these disorders were more pronounced due to a greater shortening of the total duration of the cycle, as well as a greater aggregate index of deviations from the duration of set signals and pauses as compared to the «reference standard». Conclusion. The findings support the hypothesis that impaired adaptation mechanisms as a manifestation of desynchronization of biological rhythms may lie in the mechanism of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus development.


1994 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 137-148
Author(s):  
Leslie Plotnick

Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is a chronic, serious disease in children and adolescents. Its diagnosis is straightforward and rarely subtle. The major challenges of this disease for the child, family, and health-care team involve long-term management of medical and metabolic factors as well as psychological and behavioral concerns. While developments in the past 10 to 15 years have made metabolic control technically possible, psychological stresses and behavioral problems often interfere with metabolic goals. There are few, if any, other diseases that require such intensive and extensive self-care skills. Definitions Diabetes generally is classified in two types. Type I, or IDDM, is seen mostly in younger people (children and adolescents). It previously was called juvenile onset or ketosisprone. Insulin deficiency characterizes IDDM, and patients need exogenous insulin for survival. Type II, or non-IDDM (NIDDM), previously called adult or maturity onset, is the type seen most commonly in older people and in obesity and is not discussed in this review. To make a diagnosis of diabetes, a child must have either classic symptoms with a random plasma glucose above 200 mg/dL or specific plasma glucose levels before and after a standard glucose load if asymptomatic. The diagnosis of IDDM usually is clear-cut.


2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 627-633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Handan Boyar ◽  
Belma Turan ◽  
Feride Severcan

Diabetes mellitus (DM) can be accepted as a heterogenous multi organ disorder that can affect various systems of the human body. Disorders include retinopathy, neuropathy, cardiomyopathy, musculoskeletal abnormalities such as diminished bone formation and bone healing retardation. Low bone mineral density is often mentioned as a complication for patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (type I DM). Streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic rats are good models for investigation of the complications of insulin dependent diabetes. In the present study, the effects of STZ induced diabetes on the mineral environment of rat bones namely femur and tibia were studied by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic technique. The results revealed that mineral crystal sizes increased and carbonate content decreased for diabetic femur and tibia. These changes can be due to the formation of osteoporosis which is widely seen in diabetic patients.


1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gian Franco Bottazzo ◽  
Stefano Genovese ◽  
Emanuele Bosi ◽  
Betty M. Dean ◽  
Michael R. Christie ◽  
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