Association skin tags and carbohydrate and lipids metabolism in outpatients at AL-Assad Hospital

Skin tags are common benign skin tumors usually occurring on the neck and major flexors of older people. Objective: To investigate and compare the prevalence of diabetes and disorders of triglycerides, cholesterol, LDL, and HDL levels in patients with skin tags and a control group. A case-control study was conducted in individuals between (25-70) years old, comparing cases (n=107) and age-, sex-matched controls (n=97) without skin tag. Cases and controls were recruited from patients consecutively seen at the outpatient dermatology clinic at Al-Assad University Hospital in Lattakia. All patients underwent standard laboratory tests of fasting blood sugar , triglycerides , cholesterol , LDL , and HDL levels. Results: Patients with skin tags had higher frequency of diabetes and higher levels of triglycerides , cholesterol , and LDL than the control group (P <=0.0001) and lower levels of HDL in patients with skin tags than the control group (P<=0.001). A positive correlation was found between the existing of skin tags and high BMI comparing with the control group (P<=0.0001). According to our results, skin tags might be a useful clinical sign that could alert clinicians to screen patients with skin tags for abnormal lipids, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease, and guide patients with skin tags to modify their life style, avoiding risk factors and making clinical laboratory check-up periodically

The Effect of Fenugreek seeds powder on Some Biochemical Parameters of Rabbit Blood

A trial was carried out to study the possibility of using fenugreek powder in the treatment of diabetes type(2). 48 Newzealand white male rabbits ( five months old)were used in this experiment.Theexperimental animals were randomly divided into four groups. By using Aloluxan, we enforced diabetes type2 in three of the four groups of the experimental animals. The animals of the fourth group remained as a natural healthy control.

Investigation the Effectiveness of Aqueous Extracts of Ginger Zingiber Officinale Roscoe on the Levels of Total Cholesterol and Lipoproteins in Rats

Decreasing serum lipids is still blocked by chemical drugs which have many side effects, and to achieve a safe medicine, this study aims to investigate the act of aqueous extracts of dried and fresh Zingiber officinale roscoe at tow doses on the levels of total cholesterol, HDL high-density cholesterol, LDL low-density cholesterol, and TG triglycerides in rat with hypercholesterolemia, resulting from hypothyroidism, caused by propyltheouracil PTU.