Disease
Pattern among the Patients Utilizing Homeopath Treatment
Public
Health Department,State University of Bangladesh.
June 2015
The role of homeopathic treatment in
medical science for service of world health is immeasurable.To identify the
pattern of diseases among the patients utilizing homeopath treatment a cross
sectional study was conducted in Dhaka city from September to
December,2012.Samples of 316 purposive selected patients were included from six
different parts of Dhaka city in this study. The disease pattern for which the
respondents sought treatment from Homeopaths were Dermatological
diseases(18.4%),Gastro intestinal and Hepato-biliary
diseases(17.4%0),Gynaecology and Urological diseases(13.6%),ENT
diseases(11.4%),Complaints of Genitalia in male and urological
diseases(7.6%),Respiratory diseases(7.0%),Musculoskeletal diseases(6.6%) and
Neurological diseases(3.5%),where male were more predominant.About 38.0% of the
respondents were suffering from there specific diseases for 3.63+-3.7 years.By
status of improvement about 88.3% respondents felt better through the Homeo
treatment than previous while 2.8% felt deterioration.the different type of
treatment sought by the respondents for their present illness prior to homeopathy,73.7%reported
that they sought treatment from other options,among them mostly(95%) took
Allopathy treatment. To reduce national health cost homeopathy medicine as well
as other alternative systems of medicine may promoted.less
2 authors
Consultant at 1.Curative Homoeo Pharmacy, Molamgarihat
2.Mamun Homoeo Hall,Tongi 3.Alfaz Medi Aid,Azimpur
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