A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOME HEMOGLOBIN DERIVATIVES OF HEMOCHROMATOASIS PATIENTS AND DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS

Abstract

The present study has been carried out on 150 samples of blood. They were all males with ages ranging from 20 to 65 years. The samples were collected from the Blood Bank in Ramadi and Al- Ramadi General Hospital for the period extending from November, 2010 to May, 2011. They were distributed into three groups (60 patients with haemochromatosis , 60 patients with diabetes and the control group comprising 30 samples) to study has attempted to identify some hemoglobin derivatives in these patients and compare them, in terms of kinds, concentrations and relation, with patients with diabetes mellitus (type two) and the control group. Results of studying there were significant differences in some of hemoglobin derivatives in patients with haemochromatosis and those with diabetes, the factors influencing the spared of haemochromatosis had indicated that there is a strong relationship between this disease and many factors, the most important of which are ; * Smoking : It had the greatest effect in increasing hemoglobin derivatives (methaemoglobin and Carboxyhemoglobin) * Profession : It had a significant effect on the values of some of the hemoglobin derivatives (oxyhemoglobin