Health impact of hepatic-venous-occlusive disease in a small town in Ethiopia-Case study from Tahtay koraro district in Tigray region, 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hepatic venous-occlusive disease is blockage of microscopic veins in the liver causing 20-50% mortality. Ingestion of pyrrolizidine alkaloid plant, radiation therapy, and post-bone-marrow-transplant reactions are the commonest causes. In Ethiopia, a venous-occlusive disease outbreak was identified in 2002 in Tahtay Koraro district, Tigray. Suspected due to ingestion of the toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloid plant Ageratum conyzoids, found throughout the district. We aimed to describe the surveillance data of venous-occlusive disease from September 2006 to August 2016 in Tahtay koraro district, Ethiopia, 2017.

Methodology

We defined a possible Hepatic venous-occlusive disease case as any patient with abdominal pain for at least 2 weeks, abdominal distention, and hepato-s

SUBMITTER: Weldearegay KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6831030 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature