COMORBID CONDITION - DIABETES MELLITUS WITH CO-EXISTENT RAYNAUD'S SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.

The most common comorbidities in patients with rheumatic diseases include cardiovascular diseases (CVD), liver and biliary tract infection, lung diseases, amyloidosis, fractures of different localizations, malignant neoplasms, metabolic disorders and diabetes mellitus (DM). The aim of study was to investigate the clinical course of DM and rheumatoid arthritis (RS) in patients with RA using laboratory and instrumental research methods. There were examined 85 patients with RA who were treated in the rheumatology department of Ivano-Frankivsk Central City Clinical Hospital.

[Level of pepsinogen in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease].

We studied level of pepsinogen I and II in blood serum in 50 patients with erosive form of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Increasing concentrations of pepsinogen in 2.1 times and increasing the ratio of pepsinogen I to pepsinogen II in 32% of patients was detected.