Gestational diabetes is a carbohydrate intolerance of variable severity with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. It occurs in all ages but more pronounced among the aging pregnant women. Haematological parameters have been reported as good markers to monitor the gestational diabetes patients. Careful haematological investigations will help to improve the wellbeing of the affected patients and prevent it as predictors of the severity of the disease. This paper was written to enhance the knowledge of the society on this incident that happens to a lot of pregnant women if not monitored may precipitate so many damages in the systems and organs of the pregnant women.
A total of 200 subjects were recruited for the study comprising 100 subjects each for Patients with UTI (50 subjects were Males, 50 were Females) and 100 subjects for apparently healthy subjects (Control) (50 subjects were Males, 50 were Females) drawn from the Health institution. About 6ml of venous blood was aseptically collected from the antecubital vein of each subject by standard technique. About 4.5ml was dispensed into plain tubes for Erythropoietin assay and the remaining was dispensed into an EDTA bottle for haematological parameters determination. All reagents and kits were commercially purchased from reputable company whose standard operating procedures were strictly followed. Human EPO (Erythropoietin) ELISA kit was purchased from Elabscience with catalog No: EEL -H0066c.The erythropoietin was bought from Elabscience Biotechnology Co.Ltd, Wuhan. The haematological parameters were determined using Mindray BC-5300. The results were expressed as mean± standard deviation. The data were analysed with the statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 21 using t-test, ANOVA and the level of significance was set at P<0.05. The results showed decrease in RBC (3.75±1.
Leukaemia is a blood disorder caused by uncontrolled production and release of abnormal blasts cells in the bone marrow and in the circulation. Treatment of leukaemia has been a great challenge and many patients die. The initial methods of treatments were chemotherapy and radiation which target the leukaemic cells. There is a concern on the management of leukaemia patients. This paper was written to enlighten the public on the need to utilize umbilical cord blood in the management of leukaemia patients.
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