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Teenagers’ Knowledge and Treatment of Herpes Labialis in Medellín

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16925/od.v13i26.2040
Vol. 14 No. 26 (2018)
Published: 2017-10-13
Esthefanya Díaz Álvarez
Shirley Cristina Agudelo Cano
Eliana María Muñoz Vargas
Luisa Fernanda Martínez Osorio
Ángela María Sarrazola Moncada
Introduction: A health professional should be interested in identifying communities’ knowledge about the
health-disease process to promote health and prevent the development of diseases.
 
Aim: To describe the knowledge and treatments of herpes labialis by adolescent students from a public
educational institution in Medellín in 2012.
 
Materials and methods: Observational, descriptive study. A total of 133 students from a public educational institution in Medellín participated through probabilistic sampling and random selection, and a test of
knowledge and treatments of herpes labialis was administered. A univariate descriptive statistical analysis was made. Minimum risk study according to Resolution 8430 of 1993 of the Republic of Colombia.
 
Results: Ages ranged from 14 to 23 years old with an average age of 16 and a standard deviation of 1.14.
50.4% were women, only 6 % know about herpes labialis from medical sources, 38.3 % do not know the
causative agent, 65.4 % know the means of transmission, and 76.7 % recognize them visually. 45.9%
had doubts about the signs and symptoms, 60.2 % did not know any pharmacological treatment but
reported knowing the use of non-pharmacological treatments such as Vaseline, cocoa butter, chemicals,
cigarette, lemon, tomato and salt.
 
Conclusions: Deficiencies were detected in the knowledge of herpes labialis, its etiology and treatment.
The main source of knowledge was the family
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Teenagers’ Knowledge and Treatment of Herpes Labialis in Medellín. (2017). Revista Nacional de Odontología, 14(26). https://doi.org/10.16925/od.v13i26.2040

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