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Volume 7, Issue 1 (Suppl) J Clin Exp Pathol
ISSN: 2161-0681 JCEP, an open access journal
Pediatric Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2017
March 15-16, 2017
Page 47
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A relationship between hypoglycemia, hypothyroidism and zinc deficiency
The interaction of zinc deficiency and hypothyroidism has several reported presentations. The link between hypoglycemia
and hypothyroidism is also known, but uncommon. For the last 40 years, the relationship between these two phenomena
was illustrated in a handful of articles. We present a six-month-old boy with the unusual combination of these three conditions,
his diagnostic evaluation and management. The case presentation is accompanied with a short literature review. According
to the literature, zinc deficiency adversely affects thyroid function. Moreover, thyroid function correlates with the glucose
homeostasis. Nevertheless, the association of zinc deficiency, hypothyroidism and hypoglycemia has not yet been described in
the current available literature in English. Therefore, we suggest that the relationship between zinc and thyroid function should
be considered in any case of severe intractable hypoglycemia and extensive skin eruption.
Biography
Michael Kalinin has completed his Medical study from the State Medical Academy, Russia. He completed his training in Pediatrics at the Tel Aviv University and
Ben Gurion University, Israel. He has done his subspecialty in the field of Pediatric Intensive Care from the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. He has several
publications in different fields of Medicine. Currently, he is the Head of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Barzilai Medical Center, Israel.
Michael Kalinin
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Michael Kalinin, J Clin Exp Pathol 2017, 7:1 (Suppl)