Search Results
55 Results Found for “Autoimmune diseases”
Peripheral neuropathy is a common and clinically heterogeneous condition resulting from damage to the peripheral nervous system, affecting sensory, motor and autonomic fibers.1 Its diagnostic complexity stems from a broad spectrum of etiologies, including metabolic, autoimmune, infectious, toxic, neoplastic and ...
Your clinical career is shaped not only by what you know, but by who helps you navigate what comes next. Join us for the final episode in our mini-series exploring non-clinical skills that can help you thrive in your clinical career. Today we explore how to develop the right team around you to support your work, and what building that bench can mean for your career, and the life you build alongside it.
We often focus on clinical excellence, but spend less time developing broader skills that could help us better lead with purpose and build more fulfilling, impactful careers. In this episode, part of a mini-series in partnership with LEADderm, Dr Jennifer Soung and Denise Mann explore how clinicians can engage with the media to educate, empower and extend their impact beyond the clinic.
Highlights Autoantibodies refine autoimmune thyroid disorder diagnosis and risk. Thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor antibody predicts relapse, severity and foetal impact. Thyroid peroxidase antibody and thyroglobulin antibody linked to fertility outcomes. Novel antibodies expand thyroid autoimmunity scope. The interplay between immunology and ...
Thyroid eye disease (TED), also known as Graves’ orbitopathy, is a complex autoimmune disorder driven by an interplay of immune cells, orbital fibroblasts and tissue remodelling factors that lead to inflammation, oedema and, ultimately, potential vision loss.1 While the disease ...
Women & Diabetes takes centre stage in this interview with Zeina Abou Rizk, Founder of DiaLeb. Zeina explores the unique challenges women face in diabetes care, the power of community and advocacy, and how DiaLeb’s annual panel fosters global awareness, education, and meaningful change through lived experiences and expert insights.
Hyperthyroidism is prevalent in 0.1–2.5% of the population, and Graves’ disease is diagnosed in 80% of patients with hyperthyroidism.1,2 This condition arises from the uncontrolled, excessive activation of the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor by autoreactive TSH-receptor antibodies.2 Elevated thyroid hormones in hyperthyroidism ...
There has been an exponential increase in the global prevalence of obesity over the past few decades because of adverse lifestyle choices, such as physical inactivity and overconsumption of macronutrients. The obesity pandemic has contributed to more than 50 different disorders ...
Pituitary tumours (PTs) are located in the sella turcica, which surrounds the adenohypophysis and neurohypophysis. PTs range from asymptomatic incidentalomas to symptomatic aggressive neoplasms, such as invasive neoplasms or pituitary carcinomas.1 Symptomatic lesions can be characterized either by hormonal overproduction ...
Alopecia is a dermatological disorder characterized by hair loss from the scalp or body.1–3 It is one of the most common dermatological disorders worldwide and has several aetiologies, such as hereditary background, hormonal imbalance, infection or idiopathic causes.1,3,4 Alopecia can ...
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic disorders marked by elevated blood glucose. It has many subtypes, including type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), gestational diabetes and neonatal diabetes; of these, T1DM and T2...
Diabetes affects an estimated 537 million adults and was responsible for 6.7 million deaths in 2021, worldwide.1 The International Diabetes Federation estimates that 3 out of 4 adults with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries.1 Southeast Asia alone accounts for 90 million patients, of whom ...
On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) was notified of several cases of pneumonia of unknown aetiology in Wuhan, China. After a relatively short period, officials confirmed the first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reported outside of China, in Thailand, ...
The clinical presentation of hypocalcemia varies based on the degree and chronicity of the derangement. Although many patients remain asymptomatic, mild symptoms of hypocalcemia include circumoral and extremity paresthesia, Chvostek’s sign and Trousseau’s sign; more severe derangements can ...
Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is characterized by the impaired ability of the kidneys to absorb filtered bicarbonate or to excrete titrable acid in urine.1Â It manifests as normal anion gap (hyperchloremic) metabolic acidosis. RTA may be of four types: type 1 (...
Hydroxychloroquine has been in clinical use for decades, being extensively used by rheumatologists across the globe for different autoimmune disorders (rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and Sjögren‘s syndrome, among others), across all age groups and including during pregnancy. Novel coronavirus ...
The role of testosterone is well established in health and disease.1Â Testosterone is known to mediate physical, mental and reproductive health. Its role has been discussed in gender-specific variations related to conditions as diverse as cardiovascular, autoimmune, psychiatric and oncological ...
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age, is a heterogeneous androgen-excess disorder with different degrees of reproductive and metabolic dysfunctions.1Â Thyroid disorders are also quite common and are among the most common endocrine ...
Log into your Touch Account
Keep track of your clinical interests and newsletter subscriptions.
Sign up with an Email
Or use a .
Register now for FREE access
Already registered? Login below.
