Evaluation of serum levels of zinc in the cases of peptic ulcers in Najaf governorate

The peptic ulcer pathogenesis is multifactorial as well as increases from imponderables between attacker agents as well as protective. This paper pursued toestimate thepotential protective function of the serum zinc concentration in patients with peptic ulcer illness and announces anyrelation between H. pylori inflammation and serum zinc concentration .Sixty sequentially patients with principalities observation for peptic ulcer illness were implicated. All experienced entire clinical estimation laboratory investigations, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The blood level from the zinc has been calculated for every one patient in addendum to for both females and males and for ages between 18-85 years. We found a minimum zinc level in patient blood who were significantly projected in compared to healthy control (P = 0.0003).On the another side, no considerable variation was uncovered in the serum zinc levels between H. pylori negative and positive patients (P>0.05). Zinc may take a protective function versus gastric additionally duodenal mucosal membrane damage.