University of basrah holds a seminar on complications of diabetes

Clinical laboratory sciences Branch at  faculty of pharmacy held a seminar titled Diabetic Hypoglycemia and vascular diseases, where Dr. Qutaiba Abdul Karim Qassem explained during his lecture the relationship between hypoglycemia in diabetes patients due to excessive use of insulin and drugs that reduce the level of sugar in the blood with complications of diabetes, which include the incidence of heart disease and arteries and lead to death, where the British studies have found that there is direct relation between hypoglycemia and stroke Myocardial infarction also, While the American studies summarized that the relationship is not directly and assumes the presence of other factors increase the risk of stroke and angina pectoris such as liver diseases, kidneys, cancer and other chronic diseases associated with diabetes and lead to an increase in mortality, despite the use of many Of pharmaceutical that control the blood sugar level in diabetics.