Kwasa T O
Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi.
East Afr Med J. 1992 May;69(5):236-9.
A retrospective survey of neurological disease seen at KNH in medical wards and medical outpatients clinics is presented. Neurological diseases constituted 7.5% of all medical conditions seen over that period. Infections especially meningitis were found to be the commonest. The 3 commonest diseases were meningitis (23.1%), epilepsy (16.6%) and cerebrovascular diseases (15.0%). Neurosyphilis, trypanosomiasis, and leprosy only infrequently seen (1-2 cases annually). Multiple sclerosis seen regularly through infrequently since 1981. The trend of the 3 commonest conditions is presented and a downward trend is noted. The mortality patterns for the 3 commonest diseases is also presented.
本文呈现了对肯尼亚国立医院（KNH）内科病房和内科门诊所见神经系统疾病的回顾性调查。在那段时期所见的所有内科病症中，神经系统疾病占7.5%。发现感染尤其是脑膜炎是最常见的。最常见的三种疾病是脑膜炎（23.1%）、癫痫（16.6%）和脑血管疾病（15.0%）。神经梅毒、锥虫病和麻风病仅偶尔出现（每年1 - 2例）。自1981年以来，多发性硬化症虽不常见但时有出现。呈现了三种最常见病症的趋势，并注意到呈下降趋势。还呈现了三种最常见疾病的死亡率模式。
