I'm now in NYC. Post Rwanda. Post Haiti. For those of you who knew my blog 5 years ago, I wrote about Rwanda. At that time, via the generous support of the Durant Fellowship awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital, I worked as a nurse in Rwanda from 2006-2007 with Partners In Health as well as with the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative in two rural health districts to launch primary care services to the community. Now I'm doing primary care in an underserved area in NYC.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Notice the bliateral pedal edema on this child. When you push down on the tops of his feet, he has 2+ pitting edema, plus swollen cheeks, and although you can't tell here, he has hair that is starting to turn blonde - classic Kwashiorkor
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