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Background: diabetes mellitus is a common condition and a broad spectrum of cutaneous disorders may be encountered in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.To obtain the prevalence and the main clinical characteristics of skin disorders in the Iranian diabetic patients
Materials and Methods: for a period of 6 months, all of the diabetic patients attending the outpatient diabetes and dermatology clinics of the University of Hamedan in the city of Hamedan in western Iran underwent a complete dermatologic examination. Only patients with type 1 insulin dependent [IDDM] and type 2 non-insulin-dependent [NIDDM] were included the study. We also studied the relation of the cutaneous manifestations with glycemic control, Body Mass Index [BMI] and diabetic complications
Results: diabetic skin manifestations were detected in 110 of 155 [71%] diabetic patients. The most frequent skin lesions in both type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients was cutaneous infections [71.8%]. No significant differences were observed between two types of diabetes regarding age, duration of disease and diabetic complications [retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy and large vessel diseases] [p-value>0.05]
Conclusion: in the outpatient diabetic population in the city of Hamedan in western Iran there is a high prevalence of skin lesions mainly represented by cutaneous infections
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Background and Objective: acne rosacea is a chronic skin disease with unknown etiology. Some reports have suggested an increased prevalence of helicobacter [H] pylori infection in patients with acne rosacea but it is controversial. This study was designed to compare the prevalence of H pylori between the acne rosacea patients and the healthy control group
Materials and Methods: this case-control study was performed on 30 patients with acne rosacea and 60 healthy individuals as a control group. 5 mL blood was taken from each person and anti-H pylori IgG was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Results: mean age was 45.8+/-14.05 years in acne rosacea patients and 41.4+/-12.3 years in control group. Seventeen [56.7%] of patients and fifty two [86.2%] of controls were infected by H pylori [P=0.002], but mean serum anti-H pylori IgG level was significantly higher in acne rosacea patients comparing to healthy control group [139.49+/-174.15 g/mL vs 38.87+/-23.50, P=0.005]
Conclusion: despite increased mean serum anti-H pylori IgG levels in acne rosacea patients, H pylori was more prevalent in healthy control group, in this study