Coeliac Disease and diabetes Flashcards
Dermatitis herpetiform common locations
Elbows/ forearm
Knees
Buttocks
Shoulder
Gluten products BROW
Barley, Rye, Oats, Wheat
If IgA normal and TTG weakly positive, which test to add?
IgA EMA (endomysa antibodyl)
If IgA deficiency, which tests to do?
IgA EMA, IgG DGP (gliadin peptide), IgG ttG
Gene for Celiac
HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8
DEXA scan recommend in which age after 1 yr glute free diet
> 55
Most common cancers in uk
- Breast
- Lung
- Colorectal
Most common cancers that cause death
- Lung
- Colorectal
- Breast
Hba1c target prior to surgery
69
Klinefelter’s syndrome blood tests
High FSH and LH, low testosterone
kallmans is opposite
In type 1 diabetics, blood glucose targets:
1.On waking up
2.Before meals
5-7 on waking
4-7 before meals
glp1 agonist side effects
pancreatitis
vomiting
diabetic drug that can be used even when egfr is <30
Linagliptin
Anti thyroid peroxidase and anti thyroglobulin antibodies found in what percentage of autoimmune thyroiditis
90-95
TSH receptor antibodies are present in around 90-100% of patients with Graves’ disease and anti-TPO antibodies are seen in around 90% of patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.
- What % of people with diabetes is type 2?
- Prevalence of diabetes in uk?
90%
6%
Levothyroxine starting dose
1.6 X weight
Red flag features for malignancy on examination of thyroid swellings include:
Nodule with size of more than 4 cm
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Firm on palpation
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Fixation to surrounding tissues
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Cervical lymphadenopathy
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Vocal cord paralysis
