Efficacy of continuous glucose monitoring for finding unusual causes of hyperglycemia: a clinical case

Diabetes is a chronic condition that requires constant blood glucose self-monitoring. The carbohydrate metabolism compensation is usually assessed by the level of glycated hemoglobin. But it does not always help reveal the true cause of poor glycemic control. The devices for continuous glucose monit...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: A.M. Urbanovych, F.V. Laniush
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Zaslavsky O.Yu. 2024-09-01
Series:Mìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal
Subjects:
Online Access:https://iej.zaslavsky.com.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/1433
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850196275593478144
author A.M. Urbanovych
F.V. Laniush
author_facet A.M. Urbanovych
F.V. Laniush
author_sort A.M. Urbanovych
collection DOAJ
description Diabetes is a chronic condition that requires constant blood glucose self-monitoring. The carbohydrate metabolism compensation is usually assessed by the level of glycated hemoglobin. But it does not always help reveal the true cause of poor glycemic control. The devices for continuous glucose monitoring allows to assess blood glucose level in real time and find unusual causes of hyper- and hypoglycemia. Achieving target glycemic levels is influen­ced by many factors: age of patients, duration of diabetes, eating habits and eating disorders, level of education, patient’s understan­ding of the diabetes course. One of the reasons for not reaching the target levels of glycemia can be hyperphagic eating disorders, such as night eating syndrome. According to the American Psychiatric Association classification, night eating syndrome belongs to the category of “Other specified eating disorders”. Diagnostic criteria in this syndrome include consumption of > 25 % of food from the daily diet after dinner or at least 2 cases per week of food consumption at night; awareness of these episodes; and at least 3 of the following: morning anorexia, uncontrollable desire to eat between dinner and sleep or at night, conviction that eating will help you fall asleep or return to sleep, insomnia and/or bad mood in the morning. The prevalence of night eating syndrome in the general population is 1.1 %, and in those who refer to metabolic surgery specialists, it is 2–20 %. The presence of night eating syndrome in diabetes adversely affects metabolic control and complicates the management of these patients, in particular, they have higher levels of HbA1c, blood pressure and body mass index compared to individuals without such eating disorder. In this case report, we describe a patient with poor glycemic control who used continuous glucose monitor and was diagnosed with night eating syndrome that helped change management and achieve normoglycemia in the evening and nighttime.
format Article
id doaj-art-384f63a7dd8d4f30bb8040853a2c96c9
institution OA Journals
issn 2224-0721
2307-1427
language English
publishDate 2024-09-01
publisher Zaslavsky O.Yu.
record_format Article
series Mìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal
spelling doaj-art-384f63a7dd8d4f30bb8040853a2c96c92025-08-20T02:13:31ZengZaslavsky O.Yu.Mìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal2224-07212307-14272024-09-0120541842110.22141/2224-0721.20.5.2024.14331431Efficacy of continuous glucose monitoring for finding unusual causes of hyperglycemia: a clinical caseA.M. Urbanovych0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3676-7345F.V. Laniush1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0891-2082Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, UkraineDanylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, UkraineDiabetes is a chronic condition that requires constant blood glucose self-monitoring. The carbohydrate metabolism compensation is usually assessed by the level of glycated hemoglobin. But it does not always help reveal the true cause of poor glycemic control. The devices for continuous glucose monitoring allows to assess blood glucose level in real time and find unusual causes of hyper- and hypoglycemia. Achieving target glycemic levels is influen­ced by many factors: age of patients, duration of diabetes, eating habits and eating disorders, level of education, patient’s understan­ding of the diabetes course. One of the reasons for not reaching the target levels of glycemia can be hyperphagic eating disorders, such as night eating syndrome. According to the American Psychiatric Association classification, night eating syndrome belongs to the category of “Other specified eating disorders”. Diagnostic criteria in this syndrome include consumption of > 25 % of food from the daily diet after dinner or at least 2 cases per week of food consumption at night; awareness of these episodes; and at least 3 of the following: morning anorexia, uncontrollable desire to eat between dinner and sleep or at night, conviction that eating will help you fall asleep or return to sleep, insomnia and/or bad mood in the morning. The prevalence of night eating syndrome in the general population is 1.1 %, and in those who refer to metabolic surgery specialists, it is 2–20 %. The presence of night eating syndrome in diabetes adversely affects metabolic control and complicates the management of these patients, in particular, they have higher levels of HbA1c, blood pressure and body mass index compared to individuals without such eating disorder. In this case report, we describe a patient with poor glycemic control who used continuous glucose monitor and was diagnosed with night eating syndrome that helped change management and achieve normoglycemia in the evening and nighttime.https://iej.zaslavsky.com.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/1433diabetes mellitusnight eating syndromecontinuous glucose monitoring
spellingShingle A.M. Urbanovych
F.V. Laniush
Efficacy of continuous glucose monitoring for finding unusual causes of hyperglycemia: a clinical case
Mìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal
diabetes mellitus
night eating syndrome
continuous glucose monitoring
title Efficacy of continuous glucose monitoring for finding unusual causes of hyperglycemia: a clinical case
title_full Efficacy of continuous glucose monitoring for finding unusual causes of hyperglycemia: a clinical case
title_fullStr Efficacy of continuous glucose monitoring for finding unusual causes of hyperglycemia: a clinical case
title_full_unstemmed Efficacy of continuous glucose monitoring for finding unusual causes of hyperglycemia: a clinical case
title_short Efficacy of continuous glucose monitoring for finding unusual causes of hyperglycemia: a clinical case
title_sort efficacy of continuous glucose monitoring for finding unusual causes of hyperglycemia a clinical case
topic diabetes mellitus
night eating syndrome
continuous glucose monitoring
url https://iej.zaslavsky.com.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/1433
work_keys_str_mv AT amurbanovych efficacyofcontinuousglucosemonitoringforfindingunusualcausesofhyperglycemiaaclinicalcase
AT fvlaniush efficacyofcontinuousglucosemonitoringforfindingunusualcausesofhyperglycemiaaclinicalcase