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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Glob. Womens Health
Sec. Infectious Diseases in Women
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2025.1464091
Lived Experiences of Women Suffering from Tuberculosis in Kashmir: An
Provisionally accepted- 1 University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- 2 Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health (LGBRIMH), Tezpur, Assam, India
Objectives: To investigate women's experiences with tuberculosis and the challenges they face during their illness. It also explored the impact of infertility on their social relationships.The study used Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to understand the experiences of 21 women affected by tuberculosis. These women shared their tuberculosisrelated infertility struggles and the repercussions they faced during their illness.The results are discussed in terms of two main themes: 1. Tuberculosis as an enduring experience with an emotional response to physical suffering; and 2. Tuberculosis and the concern of conceiving as a case beyond Microbiology.The study findings provide better insight into the sufferings and miseries of infertility due to tuberculosis, as well as the impact of illness on overall well-being, emphasizing the need for targeted intervention.
Keywords: Tuberculosis, Women, Conceiving, Motherhood, Kashmir, & Illness
Received: 24 Jul 2024; Accepted: 26 Feb 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Akhter, Zargar and Paul. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Fayaz Ahmad Paul, Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health (LGBRIMH), Tezpur, Assam, India
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