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Mothers'health seeking behaviour during presentation of danger signs in infants. |
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| Mothers' report in Kiswahili on danger signs |
English translation and details on signs, in no. of infants |
No. of infants admitted to hospital exclusively |
Infants exclusively*** treated traditionally |
Infants both admitted and treated traditionally |
Other**** |
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| Kulegea only |
Weak body, 29* |
2 |
10 |
6 |
11 |
| Manifestations of kulegea, called zongo when severe and treated traditionally |
Breastfeeding failure, too weak to sit/be carried, sleep all time, prostration/lethargy, 25* |
5 |
14 |
4 |
2 |
| Mchango |
Convulsions,19 * |
1 |
12 |
2 |
4 |
| Kupauka |
Paleness**, 21* |
5 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
| N.a. |
None of above signs, 21 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
15 |
| Total |
63 |
11 |
24 |
9 |
19 |
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*In most instances, more than one symptom or sign occurred simultaneously **Paleness is counted as a danger sign, but was in fact only responded to in action by mothers, when other signs were also occurring *** Exclusively does not exclude simultaneous or sequential combination of traditional treatment with out-patient treatment or allopathic home treatment as a past or second choice. However, these were at stages during the illness progression when mothers saw this as homa or uncomplicated malaria, and not during danger signs. **** Other includes out-patient treatment, home-treatment with allopathic medicine, failure to get treatment, or illness regarded as self-limiting. | |||||
Ringsted et al. Malaria Journal 2006 5:111 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-111 |
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