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close this bookClinical Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Conditions in Kenya (WHO; 2002; 344 pages)
View the documentFOREWORD
View the documentPREFACE
View the documentACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
View the documentABBREVIATIONS
Open this folder and view contents1. ACUTE INJURIES AND TRAUMA & SELECTED EMERGENCIES
Open this folder and view contents2. AIDS & SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
Open this folder and view contents3. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Open this folder and view contents4. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Open this folder and view contents5. DENTAL AND ORAL CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents6. EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents7. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents8. EYE CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents9. FAMILY PLANNING
Open this folder and view contents10. GASTROINTESTINAL CONDITIONS
View the document11. IMMUNIZATION
Open this folder and view contents12. INFECTIONS (SELECTED) & RELATED CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents13. MENTAL DISORDERS
Open this folder and view contents14. MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents15. NEONATAL CARE & CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents16. NEOPLASMS
Open this folder and view contents17. NUTRITIONAL AND HAEMATOLOGIC CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents18. OBSTETRIC AND GYNAECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents19. ORTHOPAEDICS
View the document20. POISONING
Open this folder and view contents21. RESPIRATORY DISEASES
Open this folder and view contents22. SIGNS & SYMPTOMS
close this folder23. SKIN DISEASES
Open this folder and view contentsECZEMA
Open this folder and view contentsBACTERIAL INFECTIONS
Open this folder and view contentsPARASITIC INFESTATIONS
close this folderDERMATOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES
View the document23.10. ERYTHEMA MULTI FORME SYNDROME
View the document23.11. EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS
View the document23.12. JIGGERS/TUNGA PENETRANS
Open this folder and view contents24. SURGERY
Open this folder and view contents25. Genito-urinary Diseases: Urinary Tract & Renal Conditions
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23.12. JIGGERS/TUNGA PENETRANS

Diagnosis not a problem but education to the community on treatment is mandatory.

• Extraction of the jiggers with clean pin advocated

• Suffocation of jiggers by soaking feet in Liquid paraffin or Kerosene

• Give Tetanus Toxoid.

• Dusting of the earthen floors with insecticide powders is highly recommended.

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