PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES IN THE CITY OF MOSUL

Abstract

ABSTRACT : The present study was designed to investigate some physiological effects of diabetic mellitus Patients in the city of Mosul, Iraq. 100 diabetic patients who were attended to the AL-Khansaa, Ibn- AL-Atheer Hospital and AL-Wafaa center in Mosul city, with 10 healthy males and Females as a control group (20 healthy individuals; 10 males and 10 females). The diabetic patients (type 1) were divided into two main groups; Group1: diabetes mellitus males (40 patients) and Group 2: diabetes mellitus Females (40 patients). Then each type were divided into three subgroups according to the period duration of the diabetes mellitus (SG1:1 -5 years, SG2: 6-10 years and SG3: more than 10 years). Blood samples were gathered and controlled from each patient.Blood samples were used for Blood Hemoglobin, Packed Cell Volume, White Blood Cell Count, Fasting Blood Glucose and Renal Function Tests. The results showed a significant decrease (pd” 0.05) in SG3 in hemoglobin level and PCV% in all subgroups of males and females when compared with the control group. Males showed significant increase in WBC count/SG3, while females showed the significantly in all groups. Also, there was a significant increase in two groups in concentration of Fasting Blood Glucose, blood urea and serum creatinine in all subgroups as compared with control group