Often, tuberculosis arthritis affects the hips and knees leading to immobility. This immobility has a great impact on the patient’s condition. Immobility has both positive and negative implications to a patient suffering from tuberculosis. With respect to the positive side, it is important for a tuberculosis patient to be isolated from healthy people. Tuberculosis starts with the development of granuloma (Robert and Karin, 2019). The granuloma comes from inhalation of bacilli which often moves from one person to the other through the air. In fact, this is the reason why masks and respirators are recommended. Therefore, immobility will play a fundamental role in ensuring that the patient stays indoors. This is an important aspect in controlling tuberculosis from spreading from one person to the other. On the other side, immobility has a negative implication to patients comfort. Individuals’ wellbeing is promoted through their ability to move from one place to the other. This can enable the patient to see treatment and drugs whenever she/he is in need. However, immobility makes the entire operation difficult. As a result, the patient is likely to undergo some lifetime complications. On a similar note, sounds during breathing gives an individual a feeling of discomfort. The external environment is also concerned especially when the sound is high. The condition is too bad to the extent that it leads to swelling of the membranes that cover ones brain (Walker et al., 2017). In so doing, an individual is likely to suffer from weekly headaches which interfere with one’s discomfort. Bad enough, an individual may start experiencing mental disturbances which has huge implications to external social relationships.
References
Robert J. Hubert and Karin C. VanMeter (2019). Pathophysiology for the health professions (online]. 6th edition. Retrieved from: file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/3625065_2026658705_goulds-pathophysiology-for-the.pdf
Walker, I. F., Baral, S. C., Wei, X., Huque, R., Khan, A., Walley, J., & Newell, J. N. (2017). Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment programmes insufficiently consider comorbid mental disorders. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 21(6), 603-609.
