Tag: MEDICAL

I paid an unscheduled visit to my patient. I met her at home alone. After much discussion, she told me…

The third time I visited my patient, I found out that she has greatly improved. She was very much alert…

On the next home visit to see my patient and her family, she was sitting comfortably outside the house; being…

On my first day of visit to my patient’s house, she was lying down in a small dark corner with…

·         To ensure that patient takes her drug regularly as prescribed. ·         To assess the environmental condition of a particular…

Home visit is a way of carrying our health care services to the door step of the people in the…

Federal Ministry of Health (JCHEW) Standing Order, 2010 Edition Patient’s Data Name:                                   R.D. Age:                                       17 years Sex:                                         Female Address:                                20…

My patient, R.D. has never visited any hospital since her birth for any compliant of ill health. Her family never…

My patient was said to have been coughing, having fever, sweating at night which everybody thought it was malaria and…

I met patient during family visit at Abavo (Agbor). From my observation, I noticed something was not right with her,…

Name:                                   R.D. Sex:                                         Female Age:                                       17 years Address:                                20 Ekuku Agbor Road Tribe:                                      Agbor Religion:                                Christianity Nationality:                          Nigerian Diagnosis:                             Tuberculosis…

Peter (2003) states that tuberculosis can be prevented through immunization with potent vaccine and proper nutrition ob both adult and…

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2003) recommends the short course directly observed therapy (DOTS) which consist of two (2) moths of…

Federal Ministry of Health (2007) state that signs and symptoms of tuberculosis disease depend on the area affected. Some common…

Adetokunbo (2003) stated that the diagnosis studies of tuberculosis include: ·         Tuberculosis skin test (mantoux test). ·         Bacteriological studies (sputum…

Reginald (2003) said that the causative agent of the disease is called “mycobacterium tuberculosis” which is commonly found in man….

World Health Organisation (2003) says that it is lungs to lungs transmission when sputum smear positive in case of cough,…

Basavanthappa (2005) gave the incubation period of tuberculosis as the duration of 4-6 weeks. David (1995) also gave the incubation…

Tuberculosis is of different types, namely: ·         Pulmonary tuberculosis which affects the lungs. ·         Non-pulmonary tuberculosis which is less common…

According to WHO, about 2 billion people have been exposed to tuberculosis pathogen worldwide, particularly in developing and underdeveloped countries….

Peter (2003) stated that tuberculosis of the lung (pulmonary tuberculosis) is a chronic contagious disease that anyone can contact. He…

·         To health educate the community. ·         To help to get early cases and to get co-operation of the people….

It is evident that tuberculosis was already an existing disease thousands of years ago. It then becomes a major problem…

This case study is on tuberculosis, it aims at finding out the signs and symptoms, complication and management and also…