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Characterization of HIV-AIDS and hepatitis drug users at the Hospital General Ecuador 2019

Abstract:

Drug addiction or drug dependence is classified as a biopsychosocial disease, which consists of the use of psychotropic substances that modify the individual and social behaviour of the people who consume them to make them dependent on them, That is why this study aimed to characterize patients with HIV-AIDS and Hepatitis C (HCV) drug users treated at the General Hospital Ecuador 2019. Descriptive, exploratory-evaluative field study with documentary-based support, with a population of 67 drug-using patients (47 gentlemen and 20 ladies). Therefore, blood samples were taken to detect the presence of HIV and HCV. When the age group with the highest drug use was 18 - 30 years (35.24%), the patients infected with HIV were 63.8% and HCV was 46.67%, the incidence of infection due to the use of syringes was 15.24%. Concluding that the patient with drug addiction pathology, is a male injectable drug user, under 30 years of age, with a secondary education level, unmarried, presenting high frequency of injection, without a fixed partner in the last six months, have high frequency in the use of shared syringes and constitute 40% of those infected either by HIV or HCV, while those who show simultaneous HIV and HCV infection were 19%.