effect of muscular exercise on blood sugar in bilharzial liver cirrhosis

ABSTRACT

The present study was performed on 25 patients with bilharzial. Liver cirrhosis, 15 non ascitic and 10 ascitic cases and 15 control subjects, to study the effect of muscular exercise on blood glucose. The blood glucose was estimated in all cases in the fasting state and 30 min after moderate standard exercise on a bicycle ergometer. We found a drop in the blood sugar content in all cases but the drop was significant only in ascitic cases because the liver functions are markedly impaired and so can not compensate for the reduction of the blood sugar after exercise because processes of glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis are inquired