Abstract

HALESTRAP, Peter  and  SCHEENSTRA, Sue. Outbreak of scurvy in Tana River County, Kenya: A case report. Afr. j. prim. health care fam. med. (Online) [online]. 2018, vol.10, n.1, pp.1-3. ISSN 2071-2936.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v10i1.1811.

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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