Dermatologic Treatment with Diabetic Implications

Some drugs, special systemic or topical corticoids, are often used in dermatology. However, they can have a lot of adverse effects, including diabetes mellitus. Often dermatologists are confronted to treat patients with a history of diabetes mellitus, and sometimes these medications can induce de novo type 2 diabetes mellitus. Other drugs, more recently used by dermatologists can improve type 1 diabetes mellitus, as the baricitinib, an anti-JAK 1 and 2. In this article we try to abord these three aspects of dermatologic treatments and diabetic implication.