The carbohydrate metabolism in abdominal tuberculosis

The carbohydrate metabolism in abdominal tuberculosis.

It has long been taught by eminent clinicians, notably the late John Thomson, that cases of abdominal tuberculosis, especially where there is much diarrhoea, or loss of weight, do best on a diet containing a liberal allowance of protein with some restriction of carbohydrate. It was in the hope of throwing some light on this more or less empirical fact that the work to be described was undertake...

Abdominal Tuberculosis

The effect of maternal hypothyroidism during pregnancy on carbohydrate metabolism in adulthood in rats

Introduction: Many of the diseases of adulthood are originated from the intrauterine conditions during fetal life. Because of the importance of thyroid hormones in growth and development of the fetus, the effects of maternal hypothyroidism on carbohydrate metabolism in adulthood was investigated. Methods: Pregnant rats were divided into the fetal hypothyroidism (FH) and the control (C) group...

Carbohydrate Metabolism in the Different Pathological Types of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Studies of tuberculous lungs by means of x-ray plates and histopathological preparations afford an understanding of anatomo-pathological changes produced by the tubercle bacillus, but such studies do not reveal the physio-pathological changes which go along with it, not,only in the lungs but in the body as a whole. We are, therefore, concerned in this paper with deviations from the normal or bi...

The effect of chronic psychological stress on carbohydrate metabolism in rat

Several studies have shown that stress has major effects on metabolism. There is also some evidence indicating that stress may induce diabetes mellitus. The present study has investigated the role of chronic psychological stress on carbohydrate metabolism in male Wistar rats (250 ± 50 g). Animals were divided into control and test groups (n = 8/group). Blood samples were obtained by tail snippi...