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Vol.14 Issue.1 · January-March 2023
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A Case of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus diagnosed in Family Health Center

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Published Online: 28 March 2023 · Accepted: 25 March 2023 · Received: 6 February 2022
Doi: 10.15511/tjtfp.23.00142
Cite Code: The Journal of Turkish Family Physician 2023;14(1):42-48
Authors: Hasan Bilal Gülşen 1 · Eda Çelik Güzel 2
1 Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Dr., Tekirdağ / ORCID:0000-0003-4742-9560
2 Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Assoc. Dr., Tekirdag / ORCID:0000-0003-3022-4542

Alıntı Kodu: Bilal Gülşen H. ve Çelik Güzel E. Aile Sağlığı Merkezinde tanı konan Tip 1 Diyabetes Mellitus vakası. Jour Turk Fam Phy 2023; 14 (1): 42-48. Doi: 10.15511/tjtfp.23.00142.

Etik Onay: Olgu sunumu ve beraberindeki tahlillerin yayınlanması için hastanın ailesinden yazılı bilgilendirilmiş onam alındı. Çıkar çatışması bildirilmemiştir.


Keywords: diabetic ketoacidosis · Family medicine · primary care · Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus · undifferentiated patient
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Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is one of the most common diseases in childhood. It has a multifactorial etiology depending on genetic, autoimmune and environmental causes. Type 1 DM may present with many different symptoms during diagnosis.  The most severe of these symptoms is undoubtedly diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). The incidence of Type 1 DM is increasing day by day and the incidence of Type 1 DM under the age of 18 in Turkey has been reported as 10.8/100.000 and prevalence as 0.75/1000. Type 1 DM may present with symptoms such as polydipsia, polyuria, polyphagia and inability to gain weight despite polyphagia, anorexia, weakness, fatigue, nocturia, dry mouth, unexplained weight loss, and recurrent infections.

Family Medicine is one of the departments where the most undifferentiated patients are encountered among the medical disciplines. In this case report, we aimed to discuss a case involving the diagnosis of Type 1 DM after a patient who came to primary care with the complaint of vomiting was referred with the suspicion of Diabetic Ketoacidosis and to emphasize the importance of undifferentiated patient approach in primary care.

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