Remission of type 2 diabetes in a hypogonadal man under long-term testosterone therapy

oleh: Ahmad Haider, Karim S Haider, Farid Saad

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Bioscientifica 2017-09-01

Deskripsi

In daily practice, clinicians are often confronted with obese type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients for whom the treatment plan fails and who show an inadequate glycemic control and/or no sustainable weight loss. Untreated hypogonadism can be the reason for such treatment failure. This case describes the profound impact testosterone therapy can have on a male hypogonadal patient with metabolic syndrome, resulting in a substantial and sustained loss of body weight, pronounced improvement of all critical laboratory values and finally complete remission of diabetes.