2. DISCUSSION
• NAME : KASTHURI
• AGE : 67
• SEX : FEMALE
• THIN BUILT
• KNOWN CASE OF T2DM / SHT /
POLYARTHRITIS / FUNCTIONAL
PSYCHOSIS
• ON REGULAR TREATMENT FOR DM
FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS
• VEGETARIAN , NOT A SMOKER,
ALCOHOLIC, TOBACCO CHEWER
3. COMPLAINTS
• DECREASED INTAKE OF FOOD
• VOMITING ON AND OFF FOR ONE
• GENERALISED WEAKNESS MONTH
• IRRELEVENT TALKS ON AND OFF
• H/O WITHDRAWAL OF ALL DRUGS FOR MORE
THAN ONE MONTH
4. HISTORY
• SHE DIAGNOSED AS T2DM IN 1997 WHILE SHE
WENT FOR AN EYE CHECK UP.
• HER PARENTS DETAILS ABOUT DM IS NA
• HER HUSBAND IS DIABETIC
• HAVING TWO SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS. IN
THAT, EXCEPT ONE LAST SON, ALL ARE DIABETIC
• SHE UNDERWENT CATERACT SURGERY BEFORE 4
YRS FOR ONE EYE AND 1YR FOR ANOTHER EYE.
• VERY REGULAR Pt.
27. QUESTION
• IN THE BEGINNING PT TOOK ONLY
METFORMIN FOR > 8 YRS
• WHEATHER THE Pt IS HAVING DM? WEATHER
WE NEED TO TREAT IT OR NOT?
• EVEN THOUGH THE S.CORTISOL IS BECOME
NORMAL ONCE I STOPPED THE STEROID Pt
HAD SAME COMPLAINTS BUT LESS INTENSITY.
• WAT ELSE WE CAN DO FOR THIS Pt?