Abstract:
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by Hepatitis C virus (HCV) which affects the liver . The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of HCV among patients with Diabetes type 2 in Marawi Al skary Hospital at Northern State The study was conducted during the period between march to July 2017.
A total of ninety (n=90) blood specimens were obtained from 48 males and 42 females diabetic patients .Five ml of blood was collected .Sera were obtained by centrifugation at 3000 rpm for 5 min after blood clotting and examined for detection of IgG antibodies using Enzyme Linked Immuno-Sorbent Assay(ELISA).
It was found that, out of 90 blood specimens investigated , 1(1.1%)was positive for HCV antibodies within the age group 56-65 years .The positive results was male . the rest 89(98.9%) were negative .
The study concluded that , HCV infection among diabetes mellitus patients was very low . Statistically , there was significant difference between the smoker 1(1.1%) and non smokers (0%) (P value 0.025). But there was no significant difference between these with family history of diabetes 1 (1.1%) and those with no history 0% ( P value 0.422).
