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ArticleBMJ case reports2016

Factors affecting illness in the developing world: chronic disease, mental health and traditional medicine cures.

Nathan T Douthit, Hailemariam Alemu Astatk

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nathan T DouthitBen Gurion University, Medical School for International Health, Be'er Sheva, Israel.
Hailemariam Alemu AstatkDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Gondar, Gondar, Amhara, Ethiopia.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · ILUniversity of Gondar · ET

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is a case report of a 24-year-old Ethiopian woman with a medical history of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis. She suffers from chronic liver failure and portal hypertension. She has been hospitalised for 'hysteria' in the past but did not receive follow-up, outpatient treatment or psychiatric evaluation. After discontinuing her medications and leaving her family to use holy water, a religious medicine used by many Ethiopians, she was found at a nearby monastery. She was non-communicative and difficult to arouse. The patient was rushed to nearby University of Gondar Hospital where she received treatment for hepatic encephalopathy and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Her illness is the result of neglected tropical disease, reliance on traditional medicine as opposed to biomedical services and the poor state of psychiatric care in the developing world.

Indexed as

Developing CountriesEnd Stage Liver DiseaseEthiopiaFemaleHepatic EncephalopathyHumansHypertension, PortalHysteriaLiver Diseases, ParasiticMedicine, African TraditionalPeritonitisSchistosomiasisSplenic DiseasesYoung Adult

Identifiers

PMID27485874
PMCPMC4986043
OpenAlexW2483822924

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