The present study was performed on blood samples belong to 15 patients( 12 males,3
females) infected with cutaneous leishmaniasis, and their healing was also proved after
submitting local treatment. Study tests were performed on 2 stages, the first
after infection,
and the second two months at least after healing. Every patient was subject of the
following tests: total, and differential white blood cells count and hematocrit value. In
addition ,a study of the morphological changes of white blood cells was conducted.
This study was performed on blood samples of 60 people [21females, 39
males]which have visited the center of leishmaniasis in lattakia city, and their infection
with cutaneous leishmaniasis was confirmed. The people were divided into three age
gro
ups where each group contained 20 patients, the first group [10-18 years,3females and
17males], the second group [19-30 years,8 females,12males],and the third group [31-
50years,10 females and 10males]. The following tests were evaluated to each blood
sample: total white blood cell count, differential white blood cells count, hematocrit test,
and blood group type test.
This study was carried at Al Assad hospital, Lattakia. It is a retrospective study of uterine leiomyoma patients who had been accepted in the Department of Gynecology during the period between 1/6/2011 and 1/6/2013 .
The study included 103 patients.
We documented information for each patient: age, signs and symptoms, number of pregnancies and births, clinical and vaginal examination, ultrasound, blood tests: hemoglobin, hematocrit and red cell values, and the type of surgical treatment.
The prevalence of uterine leiomyoma in this study was 5.1%.
The most clinical manifestation of uterine leiomyoma was abnormal uterine bleeding (63.1 %).
Hemoglobin was less than 12 g / dL at 59.22% of cases.
Hematocrit was less than 36% at 57.28 % of cases.
This confirms that uterine leiomyoma patients are at high risk of anemia,
(we depended on cut off point of WHO for hemoglobin and hematocrit), and the anemia is by iron deficiency because the average values of red blood cells were less than normal.
Myomectomy is the surgical option among young women who want to reproduce or maintain menstruation, while abdominal and vaginal hysterectomy are surgical options for older women or who have completed their reproductive life .
