Analysing The Knowledge Of People About Tuberculosis Cause And Its Effects
Abstract
Tuberculosis is a problem of global significance among transmissible conditions. It’s alternate leading complaint causing death worldwide killing nearly 2 million people each time in Nigeria. Non-compliance of cases on tuberculosis treatment in an irregular and unreliable way has greatly caused threat of treatment failure, relapse and the development of medicine- resistance tuberculosis strains. There are kinds of reasons why cases fail to take their specifics. The center for complaint control( 2008) states the following
· 1. The case’s complaint is that drugs must be taken with empty stomach to grease immersion. This can be delicate for cases to follow especially waking up an hour before than usual everyday just to take drug on empty stomach.
· 2 Another complains is the size of tablet
· 3 Side- effect of the medicines can lead to cases not complying with their treatment.
· 4 Issues on denial, stigmatization, emotional torture, artistic and life- style factors make cases not to take their treatment.
· 5 Poverty, transportation, religion and station of health workers contribute tonon-compliance of cases on tuberculosis treatment.
Non-compliance of case on tuberculosis treatment is a serious problem for public tuberculosis control programs() 2007 countries that this case knockouts to have advanced morbidity and mortality rate compared with those who aren’t cured also they remain infections for prolonged period of time, hence affected case continues to transmit the complaint in the community.