| Autor: |
Muhammad Arslan Khan, Muhammad Junaid Tahir, Muhammad Atif Ameer, Rana Azhar Nawaz, Muhammad Sohaib Asghar, Ali Ahmed |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Public Health in Practice, Vol 4, Iss , Pp 100298- (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2666-5352 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.puhip.2022.100298 |
| Popis: |
This paper focuses on the trends of self-medication practices in treating symptoms that may lead to fatal complications in dengue. As dengue is a viral infection with increasing incidence, decision regarding its treatment is mostly affected by public health believes and practices to self-treat the condition by different home remedies, over-the-counter (OTC) drugs or using outdated prescription drugs that proved beneficial in the past experience. Poverty, lack of education, and poor access to health facilities pave the way for making such decisions. Future complications can be averted by raising awareness, counseling the patients and dispensing of pharmaceuticals with strict monitoring. |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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