konzo
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Konzo is an epidemic paralytic disease occurring among hunger-stricken rural populations in Africa where a diet dominated by insufficiently processed cassava results in simultaneous malnutrition and high dietary cyanide intake. Konzo was first described by Giovanni Trolli in 1938; he compiled the observations from eight doctors working in the Kwango area of the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
Key facts
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- Konzo
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- A boy affected by konzo displaying the typical gait. The upper motor neuron is the suspected neurodamage site.
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- Neurology
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Health references
- ICD-10
- T62.2X1A — Toxic effect of other ingested (parts of) plant(s), accidental (unintentional), initial encounter
Clinical Trials
2 registered- NACOMPLETEDCaregiver Training to Prevent Konzo Disease in Children in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)Michigan State University · NCT04036708
- NACOMPLETEDCassava Intervention ProjectMinistry of Public Health, Democratic Republic of the Congo · NCT03157336
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- emergency medicine
- symptoms and signs
- hereditary spastic paraplegia
- different from
- Konjo people
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Cause
- Diagnosis
- Differential diagnosis
- Prevention
- Prognosis
- Epidemiology
- Etymology
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- References
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Konzo is an epidemic paralytic disease occurring among hunger-stricken rural populations in Africa where a diet dominated by insufficiently processed cassava results in simultaneous malnutrition and high dietary cyanide intake. Konzo was first described by Giovanni Trolli in 1938; he compiled the observations from eight doctors working in the Kwango area of the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
==Signs and symptoms==
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