The clinical features of mental disorder in patients with fibro-cavernous pulmonary tuberculosis
- Author:
Nguyen Van Ngoc
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
fibro-cavernous pulmonary tuberculosis, mental disorder
- MeSH:
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Mental Disorders
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2004;0(2):29-31
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The prospective study of clinical features of mental disorder was carried out on 38 patients at age 35-37 having fibro-cavernous pulmonary tuberculosis at Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Diseases Department in the Military Hospital N0103 and at the National Hospital of Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Diseases. The authors observed that: physical disorder syndromes are diversified: mild fever in the afternoon (92.10%), fatigue (94.7%), loss of weight (92.10%), expectoration (94.7%); cough lasting more than 3 weeks (84.20%); chest pains (57.90%)... Depression and anxiety disorder symptoms are also diversified: hypothymia and loss of appetite (86.80%), insomnia (76.30%), loss of sexual desire (71.10%), and impaired concentration of attention, hypokinesia and exhaustion after minimal effort (60/50%)… phobias (49.90%), worries about future misfortunes (60.50%), panic (39.50%), tenterhooks (44.70%), nightmares (26.30%), illusion (23.68%), misfortune ideations (10.40%), suicidal ideations (7.90%)
