Outbreak of scurvy in Tana River County, Kenya: A case report

Over a five-month period, clinicians in Tana River County Kenya observed an increasing number of patients presenting to health facilities with a common collection of symptoms including fevers, joint pains and gum hypertrophy. After initial investigative and management strategies failed to reveal a d...

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Autores principales: Halestrap, Peter, Scheenstra, Sue
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2018
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Patient Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6244223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30456974
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v10i1.1811
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description Over a five-month period, clinicians in Tana River County Kenya observed an increasing number of patients presenting to health facilities with a common collection of symptoms including fevers, joint pains and gum hypertrophy. After initial investigative and management strategies failed to reveal a diagnosis, patients were empirically commenced on ascorbic acid for presumed scurvy. This strategy resulted in the rapid resolution of symptoms in 65 patients within two weeks.
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spelling pubmed-62442232018-11-23 Outbreak of scurvy in Tana River County, Kenya: A case report Halestrap, Peter Scheenstra, Sue Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med Patient Study Over a five-month period, clinicians in Tana River County Kenya observed an increasing number of patients presenting to health facilities with a common collection of symptoms including fevers, joint pains and gum hypertrophy. After initial investigative and management strategies failed to reveal a diagnosis, patients were empirically commenced on ascorbic acid for presumed scurvy. This strategy resulted in the rapid resolution of symptoms in 65 patients within two weeks. AOSIS 2018-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6244223/ /pubmed/30456974 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v10i1.1811 Text en © 2018. The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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