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MEDICC Review 2014; 16 (2)

CKDu ravages the salvadoran countryside

Gorry C

Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 5-8
PDF size: 287.55 Kb.


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“A hot, piercing pain ran through my bones. I couldn’t stretch my legs and got nauseated a lot. I took painkillers and used traditional medicine like leaf compresses on my legs. It wasn’t until they did the study that I found out I had renal damage”.
Manuel Antonio Portillo, 46 years old, Las Brisas, San Miguel Department.


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  2. Los Investigadores utilizan términos diferentes para categorizar la epidemia, entre ellos: enfermedad renal crónica de causas no tradicionales; enfermedad renal crónica de origen/causas/etiología desconocidos; la nefropatía de Mesoamérica (NMe); y enfermedad renal crónica en comunidades agrícolas en Centroamérica.

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  4. Pan American Health Organization (personal communication); 2013 Apr 22.

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  6. Cohen J. Mesoamerica’s mystery killer. Science. 2014 Apr 11;344(6180):143–7.

  7. Ramírez-Rubio O, McClean MD, Amador JJ, Brooks DR. An epidemic of chronic kidney disease in Central America: an overview. J Epidemiol Community Health [Internet]. 2013 Jan [cited 2014 Apr 17 ];67(1):1–3. Disponible en: http://jech.bmj.com/content/67/1/1.long

  8. Quinteros ER, Mejía JR, López JA, Ribó A. Riesgos toxicoambientales y ocupacionales: Resultados preliminares de la experiencia en Bajo Lempa, Usulután. San Salvador: National Institute of Health (SV); 2013 Jun.

  9. Perera A. Study links kidney disease in Sri Lanka’s farm belt to agrochemicals. IPS News [Internet]. Rome: Inter Press Service; 2012 Aug 21 [cited 2014 Apr 17]. Disponible en: www.ipsnews.net/2012/08/study-links-kidney-disease-in -sri-lankas-farm-belt-to-agrochemicals

  10. Wesseling C, Crowe J, Hogstedt C, Jakobsson K, Lucas R, Wegman DH. The epidemic of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in Mesoamerica: a call for interdisciplinary research and action. Am J Public Health. 2013 Nov;103(11):1927–30.

  11. Flores R. Lanzan práctica agrícola sin pesticidas. La Prensa Gráfica. San Salvador; 2014 Mar 20.




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