Prevalence of some Intestinal Parasites among Type 1 Diabetic Patients in Kirkuk City

This study examined the incidence of intestinal parasites causing diarrhea and their impact on type 1 diabetes patients. between february 2023 and january 2024, a study was conducted to investigate the types and prevalence rates of intestinal parasites among children with type 1 diabetes who visited the children’s hospital and azadi general hospital in kirkuk. three hundred and fifteen stool samples were examined from diabetic children infected with intestinal parasites aged between 1 and 15 years using three diagnostic methods: the direct smear method, intestinal parasites were detected using multiple diagnostic methods, including direct (wet) smear, ziehl-neelsen staining the immunochromatographic (ic) method, and the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) method. the study identified three species of intestinal parasites: entamoeba histolytica, cryptosporidium parvum, and giardia lamblia. according to the ic test, the infection rate for cryptosporidium parvum was 9.75%, while entamoeba histolytica recorded an of 17.9%. and giardia lamblia was 2.85% microscopic examination showed an infection rate of 14.54% for e. histolytica, while c. parvum had an infection rate of 6.77% and based on pcr testing it was 5%. the overall infection rate of intestinal parasites was 77.77%. no significant differences were observed between male and female infection rates, with 54.28% of infections occurring in males and 45.71% in females. the highest infection rate was recorded in the 10-15 years’ age group. additionally, the highest monthly infection rate was observed in january at 18.5%, while the lowest rate was recorded in june at 2.4%. we conclude that children with weak immunity are more susceptible to parasite infection.