The current study was conducted on patients infected with Giardia lamblia, who were admitted to Samarra General Hospital and some private laboratories in the city of Samarra / belonging to Salah al-Din Governorate, the age groups ranged from (1-40) years, the work was completed during the period from 10/2/2021 to 1/5/2022. The cases of parasite infestation were diagnosed by examining faeces samples by direct swab method using light microscope to detect the trophic and cystic phases. The current study examined 585 stool samples, the number of infections was 76, and the study includes several criteria (sex, age of residence), lipid profile and blood sugar. The results of the study recorded a significant difference in infection rate at the sex level, and the percentage of males (56.58%) was higher than females (43.42%). While the highest percentage of infection was recorded in the age groups aged (1-10) years in both males and females (38.16%)) and a lower percentage in the age groups ≥40 years (11.84%). The results of the study showed that there was a difference in the rate of infection in the months of the year, if the highest infection rate was in October, November and April, 30.29%, 17.12%, and 25.49%, respectively, and the lowest infection rate was in January, if the infection rate was 5.26%. The study showed that the highest percentage of parasite infection was among the people living in rural areas, and the percentage was 61.71% out of a total of 76, while the percentage of infection among city patients was 38.92%. The results indicated that there was a significant decrease in the level of cholesterol concentrations 162.7 ± 23.1, triglycerides 111.9 ± 26.5 and high-density lipids in the group infected with the parasite compared with the control group. .1 ± 18.8 but a significant increase.
The study was conducted on patients infected with Giardia lamblia, who were admitted to Samarra General Hospital and some private laboratories in the city of Samarra / belonging to Salah al-Din Governorate, the age groups ranged from (1-40) years, the work was completed during the period from 10/2/2021 to 2022 /5/1. Cases of parasite infection were diagnosed by examining faeces samples by direct swab method using a light microscope to detect the trophic and cystic phases. The current study examined 585 faecal samples, and 76 were infected. The study includes its effect on some biochemical variables. Three aspects include: the first side is hormones (cholecytokinin and somatostatin hormone), the second side is vitamins (Vitamin B12 and (Vitamin A), and the third side includes elements including sodium and potassium. The results showed that there was a significant increase in the levels of each of Colcytokinin 156.0 ± 15.5 and Somatostatin 122.7 ± 18.1 compared with the control group. The results recorded a significant decrease in the concentration of each of sodium ions 81.8 ± 13.8 Na + and potassium 1.737 ± 0.285 compared to the control group. The results showed that there was a significant decrease in the concentration of vitamin B12 in the group of patients with 5.25 ± 1.79 compared with the control group, while there was no significant difference in the concentration of vitamin A among the patients with 1.149 ± 0.455 compared to the control group.
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