Abstract
A problem of social sequences of lung tuberculosis has not been reflected in the literature. This study was aimed to investigate social sequences of tuberculosis. We examined a continuous sample of 100 patients with lung tuberculosis (LT) while being treated in a hospital, of them 62 males and 38 females aged 22 to 56 yrs. Fifty patients had infiltrative LT, and other 50 ones had fibrocavitating LT. The diagnosis was reached based on typical clinical, radiological, laboratory, and functional investigations. A special questionnaire was developed to study social sequences of LT. Results showed social isolation is typical for both the newly diagnosed LT patients and chronic LT. The fibrocavitating LT patients experienced negative attitude of relatives and community, worsening working conditions and narrowing fields of interest. The infiltrative LT patients were characterized by changes in marital status and disorders of living plans. Therefore, all LT patients experience social sequences of the disease.
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