While talking to the newsmen he further added that any patient of TB could infect 10 to 15 healthy persons annually with TB in case of any
delay in diagnosis and treatment of that disease.
Delay in diagnosis due to various reasons including lack of diagnosis tools, incompetency of treating healthcare provider etc always aggravate this disease which ultimately increases hospital stay and cost, he mentioned.
The
delay in diagnosis and treatment was for more than twelve weeks in 23 per cent of the patients.
Neural symptoms often precede the appearance of skin lesions but in many cases leprosy is not considered as a cause, leading to a
delay in diagnosis. Ensuing nerve damage leads to deformity and disability.
The authors did not find enough studies on the problem of
delay in diagnosis and management of open angle glaucoma in Egypt or the Middle East [5].
This study will look into the reasons for
delay in diagnosis.
Furthermore, the results of this study revealed that lower educational level causes longer
delay in diagnosis. Similar to our results, Dincer et al.
Patients with early involvement of the hand/ wrist showed less
delay in diagnosis compared to patients with non-classical initial RA symptoms (28.8 [+ or -] 14.7 months vs.
Patient delay was 26.85%, professional
delay in diagnosis was 14.81%.
Delay in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis at a primary health clinic in Vitoria, Brazil.
Three participants, all women with somewhat ambiguous seizure symptoms (complex partial seizures), expressed that their own actions caused the
delay in diagnosis. Each woman reported not seeking medical care for her initial seizure symptoms for various reasons.
That is why "Health seeking behaviour and reasons for
delay in diagnosis of TB patients" is listed as one of the priority research areas in RNTCP under Research agenda for RNTCP Phase II--Oct 2005 to Sept 2010.