Disease Pattern among the Patients Utilizing Homeopath Treatment

Disease Pattern among the Patients Utilizing Homeopath Treatment

                                                         

Md. Hashibur Rahman¹,Nawzia yasmin²,Mainul Alam Chaklader³,Khademul Insan Md. Iqbal²

1.Curative homoeo pharmacy,Molagarihat,Joypuhat and Alfaz Medi Aid Homeopathy and physiotherapy,Azimpur,Dhaka, 2.Department of Public Health,State university of Bangladesh, 3.Department of Community Medicine, Bangladesh Medical College

Abstract:

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.

এই study টি SUB Journal of Public Health -2015 June সংখায় { (“SUB Journal of Public Health (SUBJPH)”- ISSN 1998-6076 (print) ISSN 1996-6084 (Online)-June 2015, Volume 6, Number 1, Page-29-33.(SUBJPH 2015;6(1):29-33.)} published হয়েছে।