Comparative Study of Intestinal Parasites Isolated and Identified from Type-2 Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Population Reporting to Arif Memorial Hospital, Lahore
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Diabetes consists of a collection of metabolic disorders in which a person has increased glucose levels in blood, mainly due to two reasons. Either the body does not secrete adequate insulin or the cells do not show any kind of response to the produced insulin. So study was done to compare the prevalence of intestinal parasites in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with non-diabetic people of the same age and gender and to compare the prevalence of different intestinal parasites within the cases and the controls. Material and Methods: A total of n=110 (55 cases and 55 controls) were taken for study. Stool samples were collected from each participant in properly labelled, clean, wide mouthed container. Fresh stool samples were processed using the formol ether concentration technique and was examined microscopically for ova/ cysts. Eosin and Methylene blue staining was performed for the RBC’s and WBC’s determination. Results: Out of 110 patients, 56.3% were females and 43.6% were males in each study group with male to female ratio of 2:1. 39% subjects were in age group of 41-50 years, 36.3% in 51-60 years, 16.3% were in 30-40 years of age group and only 8.1% were in 61-70 years age group. The mean age of all 110 selected patients was 48.9±8.2 years with minimum observed age of 30-32 years and maximum age of 65-68 years. Out of the 55 cases, n=52 (94.5%) had one or more intestinal parasite in their stool sample with most common type Entameoba histolytica(n=40). while from out of n= 55 controls, n=43 (78.2%) had intestinal parasite with most common type Entameoba histolytica (n= 32). This shows that intestinal parasite were 13.6% greater in diabetic cases as compare to non-diabedtic. The difference of intestinal parasite was statistically significant among the two study groups (P= 0.02). Conclusion: There is strong association of intestinal parasite infection in diabetic patients. The presence of intestinal parasites may pose hazardous effects to diabetic patients and therefore its risk should be considered.
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Sahar Mudassar, Qurat ul Ain Javaid, Mudassar Ali, Farheen Ansari
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