Research
Intestinal Parasitic Infections between Patients Attended to Soba University, Khartoum, Sudan, July-September 2016
Background: Intestinal parasitic infections are amongst the most common infections throughout the world. It is estimated that some 3.5 billion people are affected, and that 450 million are ill as a result of these infections, the majority being children. Rationale: Intestinal parasitic infections lead to nutritional deficiency and impaired physical developments which will have negative consequences on cognitive function and learning ability. Objective: To detect prevalence of intestinal protozoa among patients attended to soba university hospital during the period of the study. Material and Method: Descriptive, cross sectional study, stool specimens were collected from 113 patients attended to Soba university hospital and examined by wet preparation and concentration techniques. Discussion: Our result represent that the level of sanitation is moderate compared with other studies mentioned above, but we need to perform stool concentration methods to confirm this suggestion. Result: 15.92% of stool specimens examined were positive for intestinal parasites. Conclusion: Further studies are required with large sample size, long duration and stool concentration techniques.
The Prevalence of Breast Cancer among Selected Group of Sudanese Women with Infertility Disorders
Background: Breast cancer is the one of the most common oncological problems affecting many Sudanese women and some therapeutic methods of that type of cancer may lead to temporary or permanent infertility. Justification: There is no published data about the prevalence of breast cancer among infertile Sudanese women. Objectives: To know the prevalence of breast cancer among selected group of infertile Sudanese women attended to Banoon IVF center, Khartoum, Sudan, 2016. Method: Descriptive, cross sectional study, 100 infertile Sudanese women were involved in the study, from January to December2016. Result: The prevalence of breast cancer among the study group was: 6%. Discussion: Some treatments for breast cancer can cause temporary infertility and other treatments cause permanent and irreversible menopause, which means you are permanently infertile. Breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy run the risk of developing premature ovarian failure or very early menopause then the prevalence of infertility among the study group was high. Conclusion: Further studies must be done involving women from many nationalities and with large sample size. Acknowledgment: Special thanks to the participants and to the staff of Banoon IVF center for their cooperation and commitment.
The Average of HBA among Selected Group of Sudanese Pateints with Fertility Disorders
Background: Sperm hyaluronan binding may be an indicator of which sperm are most likely to produce a viable pregnancy. For example, mature, hyaluronan-binding sperm are essentially free of cytoplasmic inclusions. This is of great value since cytoplasmic inclusions are extremely difficult to see when selecting sperm to inject into eggs in an in vitro fertilization cycle. Rationale: There is no known data about the average of HBA among Sudanese patients with infertility problems. Objectives: To know the average of HBA among selected group of Sudanese patients with fertility disorders. Method: Men who are preparing to do in vitro fertilization with ICSI will be asked to collect a semen specimen in the same manner that they would for a conventional semen analysis. The semen is mixed with some media and placed on a special slide that has been coated with hyaluronan. Mature sperm will bind the hyaluronan (bound). These sperm will appear to have their heads stuck but with tails that show vigorous tail motion. Immature sperm will move freely (unbound Result: Average of HBA was 74.82% Discussion: The average of HBA among the participants was higher than normal and that means the reproduction disorder may probably occur in their females partners. Conclusion: We conclude that the average of HBA among the participants was normal. Recommendations: Further studies must be done with large sample size and the females partners should be diagnosed for infertility disorders. Acknowledgement: To all participants in the study for their collaboration and cooperation with the research team.
