A young boy of 15 is examined because a swelling of the right lumbar fossa, of which etiology was not established. As a matter of fact, this swelling was the abscess wrapping up the anterior tip of a Medina filaria, which was rooted out by the patient himself in one step and without complication. Delay in diagnosis is explained by the lack of dracunculosis in the area, and by the migratory habits of this young patient who did consider his filariosis as a benign occurrence.

Adolescent↗

PubMedDate not supplied

[Complications of measles in adult Africans. Apropos of 95 cases].

85 cases of measles with complications have been reported in Agades (Niger) from September 1983 to March 1985. The patients were all adults more than 15 years of age. Such complications are more frequent during winter season. The disease is superposable to the one observed in children: same course, same types of complications (superinfection, undernutrition, dehydration, broken compensation of a parasitosis, encephalitis). Mortality rate is next to the one observed in child (18.2%). Death occurs mainly in women (15 women/1 man). The more often fatal complications are: laryngitis, subcutaneous, emphysema, encephalitis, pernicious malaria, pregnancy complications. It appears highly desirable to extend to adults not yet diseased the immunisation campaign carried out for children.

Adolescent↗

PubMedDate not supplied

[Scorpionism complicated by transient blindness. Apropos of a case].

A six years old child, string by a Leiurus quinquestriatus scorpion (Buthidae fam), got, 15 hours after having been string, consciousness disorders and convulsions within a feverish context. The general status recovered rapidly, but disorders of upper functions and a total blindness both occurred. The latter disappeared in few weeks time; central disorders improved progressively while a pyramidal syndrome appeared. No satisfactory explanation was given of such phenomena.

Blindness↗

PubMedDate not supplied

[When the continuity of care works through the nurses' clinical expertise].

Explore the source record for details and available documents.

Clinical Competence↗