Skip To Main Content
Taffy Makaya on Muck Rack

Taffy Makaya

As seen in: Paediatrics and Child Health
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile

Get in touch with Taffy

Contact Taffy, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Is this you?

As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile

Articles

Assessment and management of the child with excessive thirst

|
By Oluwakemi Lokulo-Sodipe, Taffy Makaya, Khadidja Belkhatir
| Paediatrics and Child Health Verified
Abstract Excessive thirst is termed polydipsia and this is usually accompanied by excessive drinking and an increased urine output. Polyuria is the passage of unusually large volumes of dilute, pale urine. Diabetes mellitus is an important cause, which should always be considered and investigated promptly. Other causes of polydipsia such as electrolyte disturbance, illness and environmental causes should be considered.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Type 1 diabetes and exercise

|
By Taffy Makaya, Stefan Haest
| endocrinology.org
Consultant Taffy Makaya and patient and keen sports participant Stefan Haest consider the issues faced by individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) when taking part in physical activity. WHY IS EXERCISE IMPORTANT IN TYPE 1 DIABETES?
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Management of teenagers with polycystic ovarian syndrome

|
By Taffy Makaya, Supriyo Basu, Rebecca Poole Verified
| Paediatrics and Child Health Verified
To view the full text, please login as a subscribed user or purchase a subscription. Click here to view the full text on ScienceDirect. Figure 1 Pathophysiology of PCOS. Reproduced by kind permission of Springer Nature from Nature Reviews, Disease Primers. Abstract Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common, complex endocrine and metabolic disorder with a prevalence of 20%.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 3 articles