Paediatric Sleeping Sickness in Kenya : A Case Report
Afr. j. health sci
; 11(1-2): 70-73, 2004.
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em Inglês
| AIM (África)
| ID: biblio-1256961
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ABSTRACT
Sleeping sickness is often considered a disease of adults rather than children due to their reduced exposure to the vector. Presumptive diagnosis of sleeping sickness was however difficult since the clinical signs observed were non-specific. This makes clinical diagnosis difficult. Often the disease in children masquerades as a pulmonary infection that is undetectable on x-ray or auscultation. A male child aged two years and eight months was diagnosed with the disease in western Kenya. The patient presented with severe respiratory distress; hepatosplenomegay and neurological symptoms. The disease transmission was associated with the socio-cultural habit of placing children under bushes whilst farming. The implications of delayed diagnosis on response to treatment are discussed
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Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
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Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Meta 3.3: Acabar com as doenças tropicais negligenciadas e combater as doenças transmissíveis
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Tripanossomíase
Base de dados:
AIM (África)
Assunto principal:
Tripanossomíase
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Relatos de Casos
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Criança
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Afr. j. health sci
Ano de publicação:
2004
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Artigo