Table 5. Common malaria clinical signs and symptoms and adverse events following Chloroquine treatment in Shewa Robit Health Centre, northeast Ethiopia from November 2020 to March 2021.
Adverse events/clinical symptoms | Follow up days | |||||||
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Day 0 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 7 | Day 14 | Day 21 | Day 28 | |
Headache n (%) | 69 (80.2) | 41 (47.7) | 20 (23.3) | 9 (10.5) | 4 (4.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Anorexia n (%) | 8 (9.3) | 6 (7) | 6 (7) | 3 (3.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Nausea n (%) | 19 (22.1) | 5 (5.8) | 4 (4.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Vomiting n (%) | 31 (36) | 15 (17.4) | 3 (3.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Abdominal pain n (%) | 1 (1.2) | 2 (2.3) | 5 (5.8) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Diarrhoea n (%) | 3 (3.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Cough n (%) | 2 (2.3) | 3 (3.5) | 4 (4.7) | 3 (3.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Behavioral change n (%) | 6 (7) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Dizziness n (%) | 2 (2.3) | 1 (1.2) | 2 (2.3) | 3 (3.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Mouth ulcer n (%) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.3) | 3 (3.5) | 4 (4.5) | 1(10.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Blurred vision n (%) | 0(0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |