Overview of Blood Enterprises (ESR) Using the Westergren Method in Tuberculosis Suspects in the Region of the Kabila Puskesmas, 2020

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Symptoms are cough for 2-3 weeks or more, fever, shortness of breath, decreased appetite according to the history by the doctor. The supporting diagnosis in this study is the Westergren method ESR examination. The purpose of this study was to determine the description of the sedimentation rate (ESR) using the Westergren method on tuberculosis suspects in the Kabila Health Center in 2020.

This type of research is descriptive with a quantitative approach. The population in this study were 86 people with a total of 23 samples using the sampling technique by accidental sampling. The results of the characteristic research on suspected tuberculosis were characteristic age, the highest value was found at productive age, namely 45-64 years. The highest gender characteristics were women, the highest occupational characteristics were an IRT and the village characteristics were Poowo village.

The results of the examination with a total of 23 samples, there were 20 samples with an abnormal result of 87.0% and 3 samples with a normal result of 13.0%. The community is expected to pay attention to the dangers posed by tuberculosis, to Kabila Health Center to provide a supporting examination tool for TB suspects, namely the Westergren ESR method recommended by ICSH, for further researchers to carry out ESR examinations using the autometric method. 0% and 3 samples with a normal percentage of 13.0%. The community is expected to pay attention to the dangers posed by tuberculosis, to Kabila Health Center to provide a supporting examination tool for TB suspects, namely the Westergren ESR method recommended by ICSH, for further researchers to carry out ESR examinations using the autometric method. 0% and 3 samples with a normal percentage of 13. 0%. The community is expected to pay attention to the dangers posed by tuberculosis, to Kabila Health Center to provide a supporting examination tool for TB suspects, namely the Westergren ESR method recommended by ICSH, for further researchers to carry out ESR examinations using the autometric method.