رسائل ماجيستير
English
2021
Assessment of Lipid Profile in Sudanese peoples under Blood Cupping
Abdalkarim Abobakr, Wediaa Mahdi Mohammed Mustafa
كلية العلوم والتقانة-جامعة النيلين · السودان
Background Cupping is an ancient mode of therapy for various ailments, practised and recommended by ancient healers. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of blood cupping on Lipid profiles.Materials and Methods This is an experimental, analytical and comparative study. hundred peoples were selected randomly between ages 16 to 68 years. Fasting Blood samples were collected from Mohamed Hasan Abdegen and Organization of Rawabhin Khartoum State. The samples were collected from vein before and ten days after cupping of each individual for the analysis of lipid profiles in the period between March to October 2019. Plasma Total Cholesterol, High density lipoprotein cholesterol, Low density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride levels were measured by Binary BA-88A chemistry analyzer and results were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences software, version 23.0 (IBM SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL).ResultsThe study showed that, the mean plasma levels of Total Cholesterol, Triglycerides and LDL cholesterol were significantly decreased after cupping(mean±SD:140±26 mg/dL, 108±49mg /dL, 67±27 mg /dL)compared to the level before cupping (means:150±26 mg/dL,117±51mg/dL, 77±27 mg /dL) respectively, with the same p.value (0.000001). But the mean plasma levels of HDL Cholesterol before cupping was significantly increased after cupping (means:50±8mg/dL) (52±8 mg /dL) respectively with the p.value (0.000001).ConclusionThe study concluded that, there were significant decreased in the plasma levels of Total Cholesterol, Low density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides and significant increase in High density lipoprotein cholesterol in post cupping.