Objective: To determine the association between the level of knowledge, attitude, perception and factors demographic with the screening of prostate cancer in users older than 45 years attended in external office of the Urology Service Hospital health II Huánuco during the 2018. Materials and methods: observational, analytical, transversal and retrospective study. Simple random sampling was used, obtaining 424 males that met the selection criteria. For the interview was used a questionnaire organized in five parts, data demographic eight questions, screening of prostate cancer four questions with two closed and two open, knowledge fifteen questions with two options, perception fourteen Questions with two options and attitude fourteen multiple choice questions based on the Likert scale. The statistical program used was the SPSS15. Results: The mean age was 67.03 years, 70.03% had higher e...

Objective: To determine the association between the level of knowledge, attitude, perception and factors demographic with the screening of prostate cancer in users older than 45 years attended in external office of the Urology Service Hospital health II Huánuco during the 2018. Materials and methods: observational, analytical, transversal and retrospective study. Simple random sampling was used, obtaining 424 males that met the selection criteria. For the interview was used a questionnaire organized in five parts, data demographic eight questions, screening of prostate cancer four questions with two closed and two open, knowledge fifteen questions with two options, perception fourteen Questions with two options and attitude fourteen multiple choice questions based on the Likert scale. The statistical program used was the SPSS15. Results: The mean age was 67.03 years, 70.03% had higher e...

La lepra es una infección bacteriana crónica causada por el Mycobacterium leprae, bacilo acido-alcohol resistente obligado a vivir en el espacio intracelular preferentemente en las células de Schwann y macrófagos, que afecta la piel, los nervios y los ojos principalmente. La existencia de la patología se conoce desde la antigüedad, pero aun continúa siendo un grave problema de salud pública a nivel mundial, sobre todo en áreas endémicas como en el Perú. Su espectro clínico esta dado por la respuesta que genera el sistema inmune en contra del bacilo. Actualmente se conocen distintas formas de presentación de la enfermedad, entre ellas, los polos denominados tuberculoide y lepromatoso, la forma indeterminada y la lepra borderline. El diagnostico temprano es la principal herramienta para lograr un tratamiento adecuado, prevenir las discapacidades y rehabilitar al paciente enfer...

Leprosy is a chronic bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae, acid-fast bacilli forced to live in the intracellular space preferably in Schwann cells and macrophages, which affects the skin, nerves and eyes mostly. The existence of the disease has been known since ancient times, but still remains a serious public health problem worldwide, especially in endemic areas in Peru. Its clinical spectrum is given by the response generated by the immune system against the bacillus. Currently known various forms of disease presentation, including polar tuberculoid and lepromatous called, the indeterminate and borderline leprosy. Early diagnosis is the main tool to achieve proper treatment, prevent disabilities and rehabilitate the sick patient. The treatment set by the WHO in 1984 is a multidrug therapy based classification or multibacillary PB according to the number of lesions and the...