objective: there are some studies about the good effects of herbal medicine on blood glucose. this study was designed to evaluate the synergism effect of peganum harmala (p.harmala), quercus infectoria (q.i), vaccinium myrtillus (v.myrtillus), citrullos colocynthis (c.colocynthis), securigera securidaca (s.s) on blood glucosein type 2 diabetic patients. materials and methods: twenty four type 2...

abstract background and objective: diabetes mellitus is one of complications that thalassemia major patients face with. hence, blood glucose monitoring is of vital importance to these patients. because of high level of fetal hemoglobin in these patients, the measurement of hemoglobin a1c is not reliable and should be displaced by fructosamine test. material and methods: the current descriptive ...

© Japi • January 2014 • Vol. 62  9 I n o r m a l h u m a n e r y t h r o c y t e s , HbA comprises > 90% of the total haemoglobin. Besides HbA, human erythrocytes contain other haemoglobin components that are of considerable interest. Some of these, such as HbA2 and foetal haemoglobin (HbF), like s i c k l e c e l l h a e m o g l o b i n , a r e t h e products of al ternate globin chain genes ...

BACKGROUND While diabetes mellitus (DM) is a known risk factor for tuberculosis, the prevalence among TB patients in India is unknown. Routine screening of TB patients for DM may be an opportunity for its early diagnosis and improved management and might improve TB treatment outcomes. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of TB patients registered from June-July 2011 in the state of Kerala, Ind...

BACKGROUND Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in diabetic patients reflects the average blood glucose level, and will not be affected by variability in blood glucose in short time. Regular care of patients by medical staff could effectively control glycemic situation. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of medical care by general physicians on glycemic control by measuring of HbA1c. M...

Accepted October 13, 1983 It is well known that glycosylated hemo globin (HbA1) increases in the blood of diabetic patients. However, only few studies have been reported on the changes in the values of HbA1 in mice and rats. The degree of increase in HbA1 levels was not correlated with the severity of hyperglycemia, duration of diabetes, age of the mouse, or body weight in C57BL/KsJ mice (1). I...

OBJECTIVES To measure the efficacy of new insulin analogues compared with the conventional types of insulin, and to compare their effects on patient satisfaction regarding their weight changes and the frequency of hypoglycemic episodes. METHODS In this retrospective cohort observational study, data was collected from the medical records of 122 eligible diabetics on insulin therapy attending g...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated whether different psychosocial factors predicted levels of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) over time, after adjusting for covariates and baseline level of HbA1c. DESIGN These questions were investigated with a longitudinal sample (N = 97, age = 61-91) of older women without diabetes. HbA1c levels and psychosocial measures were obtained at baseline and 2-year ...

The utility of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1) measurement as an index of chronic control in diabetes can be adversely affected by interference from a labile glycosylated fraction that changes rapidly with acute changes in blood glucose concentration. I used a "high-pressure" liquid-chromatographic assay and a newly developed electrophoretic assay to quantitate the contribution of this labile fr...