A COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM FOR PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE II ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO PLANTAR WARTS, HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV)

Abstract

This study aims to find out the relationship between a compromised immune system for patients with diabetes mellitus type II and plantar warts, human papillomavirus (HPV).

This descriptive study was conducted a compromised immune system for patients with diabetes mellitus type II are more susceptible to human papilloma virus. The data was collected out the period between 1^st January 2020 and end of February 2021. The data were collected from the dermatological consultancy based in Baghdad Teaching Hospital. Data were collected from a purposively chosen sample of 100 patients aged between 40 and 75 years.

The results of this study show that the average of age of those patients was (60.8) years. The majority of the patient in sample was male, married live in urban area, and overweight, it was also indicated that those were of middle class of socio-economic status scale, and mostly diagnostic diabetes mellitus type II. The study shows that there is good relationship between a compromised immune system for diabetes mellitus type II patients and planter warts, human papilloma virus (HPV).