International Clinical and Medical Case Reports Journal (ISSN: 2832-5788) | Volume 1, Issue 2 | Case Report | Open Access
Manish Uprety*
Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences (KUSMS), Dhulikhel, Nepal
*Correspondence to: Manish Uprety
Fulltext PDFScrub typhus is of the cause of fever among the people more among the farmer working in the rural eastern part of Nepal. It is one of the commonly under diagnosed conditions probably due to a lack of clinical suspicion and lack of diagnostic facilities. The commonest presentation of the disease includes Fever, Headache, Myalgia, Rashes, Vomiting, and Eschar. The condition may also present with gastrointestinal features such as Hepatospleenomegaly, Ocular changes such as conjunctival injection, Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), or neurological findings in the form of meningoencephalitis. Here, we present a report of a case of scrub typhus from a rural part of eastern Nepal. While managing such early appropriate empirical therapy for scrub typhus after a careful clinical assessment prevents complications and saves lives.
Scrub Typhus; Eschar; Fever
Uprety M, Bhattarai HB,Dhakal A, Karki S, Goit R , Rupakheti A, Ansari A. Scrub Typhus: A Case Report from Eastern Nepal. Int Clinc Med Case Rep Jour. 2022;1(2):1-6.