Xeroderma pigmentoso, avaliação de exclusão e preconceito: histórias de vida de portadores de Araras-GO

Abstract

Xeroderma pigmentosum is a disease caused due to mutations in DNA genes, which hinders the production of proteins that are responsible for correct the damage caused by ultraviolet light in the DNA. With the accumulation of DNA damage, tumors arise, and therefore patients with Xeroderma pigmentosum are more likely to develop skin cancer, eye damage and even neurological problems. This study presents the results of research conducted in Macaws GO, directed to patients with Xeroderma pigmentosum. The methodology used for the data collection method was a descriptive cross-sectional observational. This article aims to evaluate exclusion and prejudice experienced by patients with Xeroderma pigmentosum the small town of Araras-GO. Carriers of xeroderma pigmentosum not feel excluded, but both suffer prejudice by the population of the town as well as the society in general, even though the disease is not contagious, as was seen in the past.