TUBERCULOSE PULMONAR: O PERFIL DO PACIENTE EM TRATAMENTO

Abstract

This research aimed to describe the patient's profile in the treatment of TB. The purpose of this research comes from a meeting with a transmitted disease, considered one of the oldest in humanity, and still today, one of the biggest public health problems worldwide. To better complement, this research had a case study through interviews with three health units located in the city of Serra-ES, where it was possible to identify and track the profile of patients undergoing treatment of this disease. Through the analyzes performed, it was identified that tuberculosis can affect the most different social classes and especially the most vulnerable or with the lowest economic income. In addition, the low level of education, besides the factor age, other pathologies, the use of drinks and smoking; factors that can contribute directly to the maintenance of this disease. Thus, it is concluded that tuberculosis is one of the biggest public health problems in Brazil because it is easily transmitted, considering or the profile of the individual affected by the disease in which most of them are people with low levels of education and income and living in conditions of low unhealthiness, factors that end up being determinant for the mortality due to disease, or requires greater attention of public health agencies to fight and control the disease, and greater awareness of the individual, as the inheritance due care and treatment to prevent the spread of disease to other individuals.