Affecting more than 422 million people worldwide and accounting for more than 1.6 million deaths each year, diabetes has emerged as a public health issue. To keep the medical fraternity updated about the key role of physicians in handling diabetes, the Chellaram Diabetes Institute (CDI), in association with Docplexus , is excited to announce the 5 th (Virtual) International Diabetes Summit , scheduled from 12 th March (Friday) to 14 th March (Sunday) 2021. In this exclusive commentary, Dr. Pankaj Shah , endocrinologist, Mayo Clinic, US, shares his valuable thoughts on secondary diabetes .
About 1-2% cases of diabetes have a secondary cause. And if this cause is recognised, managing diabetes becomes easier. Hormone-regulated secondary reasons for diabetes such as acromegaly, and paraganglioma, if diagnosed and treated in time, reduce the chances of people getting diabetes. How can a…
