Frequency of gestational diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in urban Sudanese pregnant women in the third trimester

Impaired glucose tolerance may be defined as intermediate group of individuals whose carbohydrate metabolism does not constitute diabetes but is not entirely normal. It carries a higher risk of developing microvascular disease and a significant percentage of these patients eventually become diabetics. Of the study was to estimate the frequency of gestational diabetes mellitus [GDM] and impaired glucose tolerance [IGT] in urban Sudanese pregnant women in the third trimester. The study also showed the effect of age and parity on IGT. The study was carried out on hundred pregnant women in the third trimester. The frequency of gestational diabetes was 2% and it was 6% for the IGT incidence whereas, 92% of the pregnant women revealed normal fasting plasma levels. The IGT pregnant women were older than the control pregnant women but, the age difference was not significant [28.7 +/- 5.5 years [mean +/- S.D] vs. 27.3 +/- 4.8 respectively, p>0.05]. Also, the IGT pregnant women were found to have mean parity significantly greater than that of the control group [6.7 +/- 2 [mean +/- S.D.] vs. 3.9 +/- 2.1 respectively, p<0.001]. The frequency of GDM and IGT in Sudanese pregnant women is within the universal estimates and parity is an important risk factor that affects impaired glucose tolerance incidence in pregnancy

Lactic acid- the innocent culprit of muscle fatigue

What causes muscle fatigue? Is lactic acid considered to be a major culprit in the underlying mechanisms of muscle fatigue? These are very important questions and the answers are difficult and sophisticated. For decades, lactic acid was the major culprit of muscle fatigue. This review reveals that muscle fatigue would occur more badly if lactic acid was not produced in anaerobic cellular conditions to regenerate NAD[+] required for continuation of glycolysis, the major pathway for generation of energy needed for muscle performance

Dermatophytosis in Khartom Dermatology Teaching Hospital

This prospective cross sectional study was done in Khartoum Dermatology Teaching Hospital [KDTH] during the period Nov. 1997- Nov. 1998 to show the incidence of dermatophytosis in [KDTH], to reveal the association of dermatophytosis and socioeconomic status, age, sex and contact with domestic animals, to find out the percentages of different clinical types presented to the referred dermatology clinics and to identify the common causative species of dermatophytes. It was found that the incidence of dermatophytosis is about 7% of other dermatosis in Khartoum. T. capitis was the commonest dermatophytosis [48.2%] and affects school boys below age 12 more than girls and adults followed by T. corporis [39%] which affected both sexes at different ages. Dermatophytosis is common in the lower socioeconomic educational status and those of direct contact with domestic animals