objective: quality of life (qol) assessment has been employed increasingly to evaluate outcome among patients with chronic medical conditions. such assessment could be adversely affected by psychiatric disorders, co existing with such a medical condition. method: a cross sectional study of 251 out-patients with diabetes mellitus was done at a nigerian university teaching hospital using the comp...

objective(s) nonenzymatic glycosylation (glycation) occurs in many macromolecules in aging and diabetes due to exposure of biomolecules to high level of glucose. glycation can changes function, activities and structure of many biomolecules. considering this important role of transferrin (trf) in iron transport and antioxidant activity in plasma this study was carried out to investigate the effe...

introduction: hyperalgesia is considered as one the marked signs of subchronic diabetes mellitus that could affect the life style of patients. considering the evidence on the antidiabetic and analgesic effects of nigella sativa (ns), this study was designed to investigate the analgesic effects of ns on formalin-induced nociceptive responses (standard formalin test) in streptozotocin (stz)-induc...

background: the effects of aqueous extract of fadogia agrestis stem at the doses of 18, 36, and 72 mg/kg body weight on alloxan-induced toxicity was investigated in wistar rats. methods: in total, 35 rats of both sexes (132.80±7.22g) were randomized into five groups (a-e): animals in group a received 0.5 ml of distilled water orally on daily basis for 15 days while the alloxanized rats in group...

objectives: diabetes mellitus (dm) is the most common endocrine disease in children. massage therapy can improve glucose metabolism in dm. this study was conducted to determine the effect of swedish massage on the glycohemoglobin (hba1c) in children with dm. methods: this study was an semi-experimental (clinical trial) conducted on thirty-six children, 6-12 years old with (dm), recruited from a...

we report a catalase-negative staphylococcus aureus isolated from a 56-year-old male diabetic patient with foot ulcer who attended our surgery ward. species identification was confirmed by gram staining, standard biochemical tests and pcr amplification of the nuc and fem genes. antibiotic susceptibility showed that the strain was sensitive to imepenem, chloramphenicol, amoxicillin, vancomycin a...

background osteoporosis and chronic kidney disease are common conditions in older adults, and often occur concurrently. bone disease is caused by increased bone turnover accompanying secondary hyperparathyroidism, and by factors such as bone metabolic disorder accompanying kidney disease and postmenopausal or age-related osteoporosis, even in hemodialysis patients. raloxifene is commonly used f...

background: reported data from developed countries showed that annually a high percentage of health budgets consume for controlling and treatment of complications in diabetes disease. early diagnosis of diabetes, education and health cares, not only prevent progress of disease and complications but also it is cost effective. methods: for gestational diabetes screening, all pregnant women attend...

background: helicobacter pylori infection is one of the most common chronic bacterial infections. there is challenge on the real rate of prevalence of h. pylori in diabetic patients. this study was done to assess the prevalence of h. pylori infection in children suffering from type 1 insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. methods: in this case-control study, 80 diabetic patients (as the target gr...

infratemporal space infection is a rare but serious sequel of odontogenic infection. the diagnosis is difficult due to non specific signs and symptoms. diabetes mellitus as a definitive risk factor for odontogenic infections needs more consideration during clinical procedures. we report a case of an undiagnosed diabetic patient with isolated infratemporal space infection after tooth extraction ...