SERUM PROTEINS IN RICKETS PATIENTS AND THEIR MOTHERS

Abstract

This research is mainly concerned with study of changes of serum total protein, albumin & globulin in rachitic patients and their mothers. Effect of order of the baby in his/her family, feeding type, skin pigmentation and the stage of the disorder for infants were studied. Also the number of siblings breast fed, socioeconomic state and lactation effect for their mothers were studied. The results showed a decrease in albumin as order of the baby increased, increase in total protein, albumin and globulin in those infants fed human milk in addition to other type of food, total protein and globulin decreased in black skin pigment patients and albumin decreased in severe cases of rickets. In mothers, the results indicate a decrease in total protein and a significant decrease in globulin was observed as parity increase, a significant decrease in globulin in mothers of good socioeconomic state and no effect of lactation was observed.