[Beriberi, recurrent nutritional disease in a detention house in Côte-d'Ivoire]. / Le béribéri, maladie nutritionnelle récurrente en milieu carcéral en Côte-d'Ivoire.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot
; 104(5): 347-51, 2011 Dec.
Article
in Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21336653
ABSTRACT
As a re-emerging disease, beriberi caused by a lack of thiamine in food threatens more and more prisons in developing countries. Indeed in 2008, a beriberi epidemic occurred in a detention house of Côte-d'Ivoire called Maca. The goal of our retrospective investigation was to describe this epidemic in order to improve prisoners' health. The study related to 131 subjects, 64% of cases affected (N = 205). The total rate of beriberi attack was estimated at 38.6. The mean age was 33; all patients were male and they were detained in "Batiment C" (70.2%), synonymous with heavy punishment. They spent about 28.1 month in Maca. The clinical symptoms were neurological signs (swarming 41%) and cardiovascular signs (dyspnoea 42%, thoracic pain 35%). Half of the patients (51%) presented oedemas of the lower limbs. The rate of healing was about 97% when patients followed treatment. Providing good nutrition to the prisoners and the distribution of vitamin complements will avoid other epidemics.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Prisons
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Beriberi
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
Fr
Journal:
Bull Soc Pathol Exot
Year:
2011
Document type:
Article