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    NOMA: A Preventable "Scourge" of African Children

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    Authors
    Ogbureke, Kalu U.E.
    Ogbureke, Ezinne I
    Issue Date
    2010-10-21
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10675.2/624
    
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    Noma is a serious orofacial gangrene originating intraorally in the gingival-oral mucosa complex before spreading extraorally to produce a visibly destructive ulcer. Although cases of noma are now rarely reported in the developed countries, it is still prevalent among children in third world countries, notably in sub-Sahara Africa, where poverty, ignorance, malnutrition, and preventable childhood infections are still common. This review summarizes historical, epidemiological, management, and research updates on noma with suggestions for its prevention and ultimate global eradication. The global annual incidence remains high at about 140,000 cases, with a mortality rate exceeding 90% for untreated diseases. Where the patients survive, noma defects result in unsightly facial disfigurement, intense scarring, trismus, oral incompetence, and social alienation. Although the etiology has long been held to be infectious, a definitive causal role between microorganisms cited, and noma has been difficult to establish. The management of noma with active disease requires antibiotics followed by reconstructive surgery. Current research efforts are focused towards a comprehensive understanding of the epidemiology, and further elucidation of the microbiology and pathogenesis of noma.
    Keywords: Noma
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    Open Dent J. 2010 Oct 21; 4:201-206
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.2174/1874210601004010201
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