Factitious dysglycemia is a type of self-inflicted harm that includes deliberate attempts to induce hypo-or hyperglycemia as a sickness to gain empathy. We report the cases of three Iraqi women with different motives to induce factitious dysglycemia. Two of them had used insulin to induce hypoglycemia to have their family affection centered on them again. The third woman with type 1 diabetes mellitus intentionally missed her insulin doses to induce diabetic ketoacidosis and gain familial empathy through recurrent hospital admission, with underlying suicidal ideation. The problems with all women were discovered by a thorough history, physical examination, and with family help. They were referred to have psychiatric management. This is the first case series regarding factitious dysglycemia from Iraq.
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