Self-medication practices in riverside communities in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 07-08-2020;73(5):e20190432
The Brazilian Amazon rainforest has an area of approximately 5 million km2, with important climatic, social and economic variations that can impact the profile of morbidity and the use of medicines. The epidemiological profile of the Amazonian population is quite heterogeneous, including vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue, cutaneous leishmaniasis and Diseases Related to Inadequate Sanitation (DRSAI – Doenças Relacionadas ao Saneamento Inadequado). Mortality is significantly caused by infectious and parasitic diseases(–). Riverside populations living on the banks of rivers and lakes, often geographically isolated, are highly vulnerable to these health problems. In this way, the use of local practices, originating from popular wisdom, is frequently used to resolve the disease issues typical of the region().
The limitations imposed by the Amazonian environment, especially of a climatic nature (flooding and ebbing of rivers), the continental geographic dimensions, added to the scarcity and imbalances in the distribution of health professionals restrict information about these populations, especially with regard to the way in which health care and self-medication are carried out.
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The Brazilian Amazon rainforest has an area of approximately 5 million km2, with important climatic, social and economic variations that can impact the profile of morbidity and the use of medicines. The epidemiological profile of the Amazonian population is quite heterogeneous, including vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue, cutaneous leishmaniasis and Diseases Related to Inadequate Sanitation (DRSAI - Doenças Relacionadas ao Saneamento Inadequado). Mortality is significantly caused by infectious and parasitic diseases(-). Riverside populations living on the banks of rivers and lakes, often geographically isolated, are highly vulnerable to these health problems. In this way, the use of local practices, originating from popular wisdom, is frequently used to resolve the disease issues typical of the region().
The limitations imposed by the Amazonian environment, especially of a climatic nature (flooding and ebbing of rivers), the continental geographic dimensions, added to the scarcity and imbalances in the distribution of health professionals restrict information about these populations, especially with regard to the way in which health care and self-medication are carried out.
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