COVID-19 is associated with high blood glucose levels: diabetic neuropathy during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a case report.

Introduction And Importance: The nerves in the legs and feet are most frequently damaged by diabetic neuropathy. The COVID-19 infection is associated with a high risk of neuropathy symptoms.

Case Presentation: On 12 July 2022, a 58-year-old black female retiree with significant symptoms of numbness and muscle weakness in the hands and legs was brought into the emergency room.

The most lethal human protozoan parasite is plasmodium falciparum: severe malaria-associated acute renal failure - a case report.

Introduction And Importance: Malaria continues to be a significant global public health problem, particularly in endemic nations. The most common cause of acute renal failure is a infection.

Case Presentation: A 28-year-old male was brought into the emergency room with significant complaints of fatigue, chills, fever, and a lack of appetite.

Potentially inappropriate prescribing in elderly patients with epilepsy at two referral hospitals in Ethiopia.

Introduction: The prevalence of drug therapy problems in patients with epilepsy has been reported to be as high as 70-90%. Moreover, elderly patients with epilepsy are highly vulnerable to inappropriate therapies. This study aimed to evaluate potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIP) in elderly patients with epilepsy at the adult neurology clinics of two referral hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Explore the reasons for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study.

Unlabelled: Vaccine hesitancy is described by the WHO as "a delay in acceptance or refusal of safe immunizations notwithstanding the availability of vaccine services." In Ethiopia, the cumulative acceptance rate of the COVID-19 vaccination was 57.8%.

COVID-19 increases a person's risk of cardiovascular problems: how common is chronic heart failure in SARS-CoV-2 patients? a case report.

Unlabelled: The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) infection typically affects the lungs but can also cause life-threatening heart issues. Heart failure is a common condition that can occur either with an existing heart condition or de novo as part of the clinical course of COVID-19.

Case Presentation: On 11 October 2022, a 60-year-old middle-aged black African woman widow was admitted with a history of muscular weakness for 2 days, a lack of appetite, and occasional vomiting for 1 day.

Dual insulin resistance causes: how frequently type 2 diabetes mellitus and COVID-19 infection caused diabetic ketoacidosis? a case report.

Unlabelled: Infection with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worsens insulin resistance and causes diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Patients with COVID-19 infection who develop DKA run the risk of worse outcomes. In both diabetic and nondiabetic patients, the COVID-19 infection may hasten the development of ketoacidosis, which could have negative effects on the fetus.

Acute pancreatitis in pregnancy: how was it determined whether it was caused by pregnancy or by COVID-19? A case report.

Unlabelled: Acute pancreatitis is a pancreatic inflammatory condition that has the potential to cause serious morbidity. Acute pancreatitis is a relatively uncommon and potentially fatal pregnancy condition. Abdominal pain, pancreatic damage, or acute pancreatitis may all be related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection.

Hypertensive emergency occurred due to forgetting to take antihypertensive medication: A case study.

A life-threatening condition known as a "hypertensive emergency" is marked by a severe increase in blood pressure together with acute or significant target-organ damage. On 1 June 2022, a 67-year-old black male farmer was admitted to the emergency department with a major chief complaint of breathing difficulty. The patient was traveling to the village for work and forgetting his medication at home, and he was losing consciousness and motor activity at his workplace.

Medicinal plants used in traditional treatment of malaria in Ethiopia: a review of ethnomedicine, anti-malarial and toxicity studies.

Background: Malaria is extremely common in Ethiopia, and it is one of the country's most serious public health and economic problems. Traditional medicines have long been utilized in Ethiopia by people of various ethnic groups. As a result, the goal of this study is to record the use of Ethiopian medicinal herbs that have been used to treat malaria.

Factors Associated with ICU Mortality at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital (HUCSH).

Background: Providing acute care to critically ill patients in intensive care unit (ICU) is a global necessity, regardless of health system capacity. The objectives of the present study were to assess the reasons for admission and clinical outcomes of adult patients admitted to general ICU at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital (HUCSH).

Methods: A retrospective study based on a record review of logbook and charts of 310 adult patients admitted to general ICU of HUCSH between April 2012 and April 2017.

Gender, power and intimate relationships over the life course among Ethiopian female peer educators living with HIV.

Historically, Ethiopian women have faced numerous challenges to gender equity at the individual, relational and community levels; such inequalities can lead to increased risk of HIV acquisition. Over the past two decades, some progress has been made towards changing policies and norms to reduce gender inequality. We sought to understand the ways in which marriage and other romantic/sexual relationships of a group of Ethiopian women living with HIV had been impacted by gender norms, relational power dynamics and HIV status over the life course.

Skin disorders affecting human immunodeficiency virus-infected children living in an orphanage in Ethiopia.

Background: Skin disorders are common in children in Ethiopia, and it is estimated that 92,000 Ethiopian children are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV infection increases the prevalence of cutaneous disease, but the effect of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on the pattern of skin disease affecting children in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is unclear.

Aim: To assess the prevalence and nature of skin disorders in HIV-infected children living in a dedicated orphanage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

DOT for patients with limited access to health care facilities in a hill district of eastern Nepal.

Setting: The hill district in Nepal, where access to health care facilities is difficult.

Objective: To compare results before and after a decentralised directly observed treatment (DOT) intervention.

Design: Prospective study of patients registered in Dhankuta district, Nepal, 1996-1999.