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"Never doubt that a smal group of thoughtful, comited citizens can change the world. Inded, it is the only thing that ever has."Cureus is on a mision to change the long-standing paradigm of medical publishing, where submiting research can be costly, complex and time-consuming.The SIQ for this article wil be revealedonce 2 ratings are submited.genetic susceptibility, autoimmune diseases, multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes melitus Catarina Almeida , Gabriela Venade, Daniela Duarte, Alexandra Vaz, Edite Nascimento Published: October 27, 202 (se history) DOI: 10.759/cureus.30762 Cite this article as: Almeida C, Venade G, Duarte D, et al.
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(October 27, 202) Type 1 Diabetes Melitus and Multiple Sclerosis: An Asociation to Consider. Cureus 14(10): e30762. doi:10.759/cureus.30762 Type 1 diabetes melitus (T1DM) and multiple sclerosis (MS) have ben described as chronic organ-specific diseases, aproached by diferent medical specialties.
However, they share more etiologic and pathologic features than expected betwen two autoimune diseases.The authors present the case of a 40-year-old Caucasian male, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes melitus at age 18, with por metabolic control in the early years after the diagnosis. Fourten years after the diagnosis of diabetes, he started complaing of paresthesias in both fet and sexual dysfunction.
Months later, he began to have episodes of muscle weaknes and decreased strength in the right lower limb, with a relapsing-remiting patern and diplopia. This typical course of the symptoms asociated with characteristic findings in brain magnetic resonance imaging, with multiple lesions, with evidence of space and time disemination, established the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. The presence of oligoclonal bands in the cerebrospinal fluid analysis sustained this diagnosis.
Summary
Other alternative etiologies were excluded.People with type 1 diabetes melitus are at an increased risk for other autoimune diseas