OBJECTIVE Aim is to compare the glycemic level among patients before, and after local anesthesia containing adrenaline 1:80,000 among patients who need dental extraction. MATERIALS AND METHODS 60 patients were randomly selected including 30 healthy and 30 with a diabetes history for this study in Riyadh city. First the blood glucose level was measured before administering local anesthesia con...

Lysosomal enzymes acid phosphatase show increase in diabetes mellitus and this is closely related to diabetic metabolic alterations. This was a crosssectional study conducted on 50 diabetic subjects (25 patients with complications and 25 patients without complications) in RIMS hospital during the period from September 2010 to August 2012. Twenty five age and sex matched healthy individual were ...

Oral administration of Embelia ribes berries (50% EtoH) reduced blood sugar level significantly. In intact rats, blood sugar levels were decreased by 13.1% and 20.3% after 3 hrs. and 5 hrs. of treatment respectively. While in alloxan induced diabetic rats blood glucose levels were decreased after 3 hours and 5hours by 28.1% and 34.5% respectively. Hypoglycaemic action of Embelia ribes berries m...

The blood-group isoantigens are macromolecules localized to the plasma membranes of certain epithelial tissues. These substances are not detectable on the epithelium once it has undergone malignant transformation. Results of this investigation have demonstrated that the loss of detectability of the blood-group isoantigens does not appear to be related to a "masking" effect by an increase in sur...

The solvent partitioned purified fractions of the hydro-acetone root bark extract of the African breadfruit (Treculia africana Decne) were evaluated for hypoglycemic activities in normal and diabetic albino rats. Fasting blood glucose levels were estimated by the use of a glucometer at pre-determined intervals after oral administration of the test extracts/fractions. Results revealed that the t...

Search is constantly going on to find an animal with diabetes mellitus like features so that a model akin to human diabetes is available for screening of potential hypoglycemic agents of both plant and synthetic origin. The KK strain of mice was discovered by Nakamura (1). Nakamura (1) has shown by carrying out glucose tolerance tests on 28 KK strain of mice that the majority show a blood sugar...

In a previous communication (1) the work of Bollman, Mann and Magath (2) and of others was confirmed and extended to show that neither epinephrin, ether anesthesia nor asphyxia has any effect upon the falling blood sugar level of abdominally eviscerated dogs. It was concluded that muscle glycogen is not an available source of blood sugar in the absence of the liver and that this organ, in the a...

Introduction: Considering the need of diabetic patients for accessing the care system and the role of modern media in health education and culture, we aimed to determine the effectiveness of educating via mobile SMS in controlling blood sugar. Moreover, the adherence to drug treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes was assessed. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted in Isfahan...

  Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a form of diabetes that occurs in pregnancy. GDM, defined as glucose intolerance, first diagnosed or initiated during pregnancy affects 1-14% of pregnancies based on various studies. Screening and early diagnosis and appropriate glycemic control can improve prenatal outcomes. Telephone follow-up seems to be a reasonable way for pregnant women...