Effect of honey on blood sugar

Effect of honey on blood sugar in 15 normal volunteers and 15 known diabetic patients observed by giving 75 g. glucose and 83 ml honey on two consective days. In normal volunteers, glucosee and honey showed the same peak at 30 minutes but honey gave somewhat lower blood glucose response after 60 minutes and 90 minutes. In diabetics, blood glucose levels were raised almost equally at all time with glucose and honey except at 120 minutes when the peak moved lower side. Honey when taken in small doses [15 g and 30 g; 1 or 2 dessert spoonful] caused a rise blood sugar both in normal as well as diabetic persons and this rise was dose related thus negating hakim's claim that honey in small doses does not effect blood sugar levels

Rotavirus enteritis in hospitalized infants and young children

The relative importance of rotaviral diarrhoea was assessed by etiological evaluation of 264 patients suffering from acute diarrhoea admitted in Diarrhoeal Diseases Control Centre, Nishtar Hospital, Multan. Rotavirus was found to be the second most common enteropathogen [28.4%], the first most common being E. coli, although neonates and older children were found to be affected less frequently [12%]. Mixed rotaviral and bacterial infection was found in 6.4% of patients. Collectively rotavirus was isolated from 34.8% of patients. There was no change in the relative frequency of rotaviral diarrhoea with the change of season. Breast fed babies had a slightly lower incidence of rotaviral diarrhoea. Roughly 75% of patients had isonatremic dehydration, but the incidence of hyponatremia was more [16.8%] in rotaviral group while hypernatremic dehydration was more frequently seen [15.8%] in non-viral group. Episodes of rotaviral diarrhoea more often resulted in severe symptoms and slightly higher mortality