Abstract:
Background:- Over 30 different oral manifestations of HIV disease
have been reported since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic.
Several groups of these oral manifestations are known. They may be; infections,
neoplasms or other manifestations.
Infections include fungal, viral or bacterial. Whereas, the most common neoplasms
are Kaposi’s Sarcoma and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
The others category include non-specific or Aphthous-like ulcers, idiopathic
thrombocytopenic purpura, mucosal melanin pigmentation and salivary gland
diseases.
Objective:-to investigate the awareness of the oral manifestations of HIV/AIDS
patients in jijiga karamara hospital, in ART clinic, Ethiopia.
METHODOLOGY:-
Informed consent were obtained from each participant
before embarking on the interview. Participants were
individually interviewed using structured questionnaires that
inquired about participants’ awareness of distinct oral
manifestations of HIV or AIDS (e.g. oral candidiasis, oral tumours,
oral ulcers, and periodontal conditions).Those who aware of oral manifestations
were additionally asked if they know about any quality of life problems associated
with oral manifestations. Interviews took place within the premises of the jijiga
karamara hospital, in ART clinic, ETHIOPIA.
Results:-Data from questionnaires were processed and analysed using SPSS
version 14.0 and frequency distributions were
computed and the result were presented using tables.
from these tables the over all awareness of oral manifestations is 138(54.3%);
(oral candidiasis 118(46.4),
oral ulcer108(45.5),periodontal disease 117(46)) and those unaware of is
116(45.66%).
conclusions and recommendation:-
Conclusions
Participants were relatively less aware of the different types of oral
manifestations
Educational status ploy important role in Awareness of oral manifestation of
HIV AIDS.
The main source of knowledge was training by NGO while the problems
associated with oral manifestations were more limited.
Recommendation
It is recommended that health authorities in Ethiopia establish population-oriented
health education for improving knowledge about oral disease in HIV/AIDS and that
oral health professionals provide
sound information to PLHIV in community-outreach oral healthcare programmes.
