Proceso de atención de enfermería aplicado a un paciente con tuberculosis pulmonar , desde la atención primaria de salud

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary tuberculosis is defined as an infectious disease, caused by the bacterium Mycrobacterium Tuberculosis, whose reservoir is man and its transmission mechanism is through droplets of the "flugge", the contagion is acquired by inhaling water droplets when sneezing or cough, is characterized by presenting the most common clinical manifestations are cough and phlegm for more than 15 days, fever, night sweats, weight loss and pleuritic pain. In the advanced stages we can find localizing symptoms such as hemoptysis and hoarseness. Taking into account that OPS, in the year 2020 establishes that there were 9.9 million people who fell ill with tuberculosis, with 1.5 million deaths from this cause, with 214,000 people with HIV infection. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the nursing care process that is carried out in the case of tuberculosis from the perspective of primary health care, through a case study for a health promotion proposal with healthy lifestyles. METHOD: The type of research to be developed is qualitative through a case study, collecting and analyzing data, with a clinical method scope, the study subject is taken as the observation center, in order to understand the health process and the patient's illness.