Research Article
Prevalence and Types of Coinfections in Sleeping Sickness Patients in Kenya (2000/2009)
Table 2
Clinical signs observed in patients at the point of admission at NSSRH, Alupe, Kenya, from 2000 to 2009.
| Signs | Number of patients | Percentage (%) |
| Headache | 23 | 74.2 | Fever | 15 | 48.4 |
*Sleep disorders (insomnia and daytime sleepiness) | 14 | 45.2 | General malaise | 13 | 41.9 | Joint pains | 8 | 25.8 | Abdominal distension | 7 | 22.6 |
*Confusion | 7 | 22.6 | Pruritus | 6 | 19.4 | Nausea | 6 | 19.4 | Anorexia | 6 | 19.4 | Abdominal pain | 6 | 19.4 | Vomiting | 5 | 16.1 | General pain | 5 | 16.1 | Chest pain/congestion | 5 | 16.1 | Backache | 4 | 12.9 |
*Stiff neck | 4 | 12.9 |
*Coma | 4 | 12.9 | Coughing | 4 | 12.9 | Diarrhoea | 4 | 12.9 | Oedema of body parts | 3 | 9.7 | Breathing difficulties | 3 | 9.7 |
*Lower limb weakness/numbness | 3 | 9.7 |
*Restlessness | 2 | 6.5 |
*Muscle pain | 2 | 6.5 | Sacral wounds | 2 | 6.5 |
*Prostration | 2 | 6.5 |
*Stupor | 2 | 6.5 | Palpitation | 2 | 6.5 | Incontinence | 2 | 6.5 |
*Body chills | 2 | 6.5 |
*Paralysis | 2 | 6.5 |
*Dizziness | 2 | 6.5 | Dysuria | 1 | 3.2 |
*Lower limb pain | 1 | 3.2 | Chancre | 1 | 3.2 | Dehydration | 1 | 3.2 |
*Convulsions | 1 | 3.2 |
*Reduced libido | 1 | 3.2 |
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*Late stage signs.
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