Pellagra, a re-emerging disease: a case report of a girl from a community ravaged by insurgency
| Autor: | Dogo Belmont Manchan, Pembi Emmanuel, Ovansa Emmanuel Onimisi, Akoma chinyere, Kenji Hirayama, Ahmadu Baba Usman, Mava Yakubu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject conflict 030231 tropical medicine diarrhea Case Report Disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine children Pellagra medicine Dementia 030212 general & internal medicine Girl Psychiatry media_common dermatitis Insurgency Food security business.industry Public health General Medicine medicine.disease nutrition Internally displaced person business |
| Zdroj: | The Pan African Medical Journal |
| ISSN: | 1937-8688 |
| Popis: | Pellagra is a nutritional disorder of niacin deficiency which is characterized by triad of dermatitis, diarrhea and dementia. It is often seen in a state of poor nutrition among alcoholics, homeless and patients suffering from malabsorption. Though seldom occurs in children, its re-emerging is seen as a result of worsening food security in vulnerable population during conflict or insurgency. We report the case of 12-year-old female pastoralist who presented darkening and thickening of the hands, feet, ankles, neck and her upper trunk. Conflicts and insurgency usually occur in resource constraint settings where health workers are few and overworked. Therefore, continuously educating health workers and the general public regarding nutrition and its disorders like pellagra is a priority. Public Health authorities and policy makers also ought to take pediatric nutrition serious in order to avoid its escalation in internally displaced persons or children orphaned by insurgency. Pan African Medical Journal, 33, art.no.195; 2019 |
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