Table 3 Severe malaria symptoms that warrant hospitalization among indigenous communities in Bwambara Sub-County, Rukungiri District, Western Uganda
From: Ethnomedicinal plants used for malaria treatment in Rukungiri District, Western Uganda
Severe symptoms | Informants | Total | Ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I1 | I2 | I3 | I4 | I5 | I6 | I7 | |||
Coma/loss of consciousness | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 3rd |
Confusion | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 2nd |
Convulsions | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 4th |
Diarrhea | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7th |
Extremely high body temperature | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 1st |
Fits in children | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 5th |
Vomiting—cannot keep any food or drink | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6th |