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Peter Halestrap1, Sue Scheenstra
1Family Medicine Department, Africa Inland Church, Kijabe Hospital. phalestrap@me.com.
Abstract:
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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