Brittle diabetes revisited: a description of erratic and difficult-to-control diabetes in an elderly woman with Type 1 diabetes.
C NewmanSéan F DinneenPublished in: Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association (2019)
Individuals of advanced age can benefit from insulin pump therapy. The original definition of 'brittle diabetes' referred to patients whose lives were 'constantly disrupted by episodes of hypo- or hyperglycaemia'. Our case reminds us that this clinical entity can result from altered biology and is not always related to psychological stressors.