Document Type
Article
Department
Family Medicine
Abstract
A 55 year-old housewife presented to the Family Medicine Clinic due to recurrent oral ulcers for a year. She also had generalized itching, weakness, anorexia and abdominal distension after meals. She had visited several practitioners including family physicians and sub-specialists but a diagnosis was not reached. She was diagnosed to have Lichen Planus and Hepatitis C at family practice clinic. Since a health care system does not properly exist, patients seek treatment from sub-specialists without first consulting a primary care practitioner. This report identifies a failure in health care system and it is also recommended that all patients should be first seen by a primary care practitioner.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Journal of LUMHS
Recommended Citation
Qidwai, W.
(2005). Tale of a woman with stomatitis and response of health care system. Journal of LUMHS, 72-73.
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https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_fam_med/133
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