Serum Protein Levels in Oral Submucous Fibrosis Patients | Chapter 16 | New Horizons in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 8
The goal of this study was to examine total protein, albumin, and uric acid levels in patients with oral submucous fibrosis. Patients were divided into three groups: Group I consisted of 25 healthy people, Group II consisted of 25 people who chewed tobacco but didn't have OSMF, and Group III consisted of 25 people who chewed tobacco but didn't have OSMF. The mean serum levels of Total protein decreased from group I to group III, although the difference was not statistically significant. Albumin levels in the blood reduced from group I to group III, with statistically significant differences (p 0.05). Uric acid levels in the blood dropped from group I to group II, and the difference was statistically significant (p 0.05). Local irritants such as capsaicin, nicotine, betel nut, punget, and spicy food, as well as chronic candidiasis, iron and nutritional inadequacies, human papillomavirus (HPV), genetic abnormalities, Herpes simplex virus (HSV), and human autoimmunity, can ...