Double diabetes: possible but unpublished complication of insulin pump therapy.
"Double diabetes," which refers to the coexistence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, is a newly coined term in the diabetic literature. Excessive weight gain and a family history of type 2 diabetes in a patient with type 1 diabetes are the possible major causes. We report a case of double diabetes in a 45-year-old patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus that developed after insulin pump therapy. Insulin pump therapy is a valuable method used in the management of type 1 diabetes mellitus that may provide life comfort. However, this comfort may result in excessive weight gain, which, when combined with a family history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, may predispose to double diabetes. Clinicians must consider this pattern during the use of insulin pump therapy in patients with type 1 diabetes.
Cesur
Mustafa
M
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Ankara Guven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. drcesur@ttnet.net.tr
Cesur
Aylin
A
D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007332:Insulin Infusion Systems / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007700:Kinetics
D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin