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- Ileal perforation is a serious complication of typhoid fever, often leading to fatality, especially when combined with acute psychosis and late medical intervention.
- A case involving a 19-year-old patient with sickle cell disease experiencing both ileal perforation and psychosis highlights the unpredictable nature of such complex clinical scenarios.
- Improving socioeconomic conditions in low-income countries could help prevent typhoid fever and its deadly complications, emphasizing the need for better healthcare access.
Article Abstract
Ileal perforation is a fatal surgical complication of typhoid fever. Acute psychosis occurring together with perforation presents a fatal outlook. This is made worse by these patients presenting late for appropriate intervention. A patient with sickle cell disease in addition to ileal perforation and psychosis presents a clinical picture the outcome of which is unpredictable. It could occasionally cause diagnostic dilemma and a great clinical challenge. Typhoid fever, a bacterial disease of low- income countries could be prevented by an improvement in socioeconomic conditions of the people. This will prevent or reduce to the barest minimum the occurrence of these fatal outcomes associated with its complications. This is the case report of a 19-year-old Haemoglobin SC (HbSC) with ileal perforation and acute psychosis.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11470273 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.60787/nmj-v65i3-323 | DOI Listing |
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