Talk:Noma (disease)

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The etymology of the mysterious term 'noma' is from Latin for 'ulcer'. It sounds like an acronym, so having the etymology is helpful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevewaller (talk • contribs) 00:57, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

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Is there any connection with Lupus vulgaris? On the lupus vulgaris page it says that lv can be a result of TB and was used in mediaeval times as a gerneric description. On the Joseph Mengele page it says that Noma can be caused by TB as a co-commitant feature. Is there any connection? Is manifestation similar for these 2 condts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.246.209.183 (talk) 16:37, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Treatment options available in Africa
Hi,

I just substituted this paragraph:


 * Despite the fact that more than 400,000 children are affected in Africa alone, there is only one noma hospital in all of Africa. Noma Children Hospital Sokoto is located in Nigeria and aside from the regular doctors, medical teams travel there to perform operations. Without plastic surgery, the children's faces cannot be restored.

with this one:


 * Children and other noma survivors in Africa are helped by a few international charitable organizations. There is one dedicated noma hospital in Nigeria, the Noma Children Hospital Sokoto, staffed by resident and visiting medical teams. In other countries, like Ethiopia, international charities work in collaboration with the local health care system to provide complex reconstructive surgery which can give back facial functions such as eating, speaking and smiling. Teams of volunteer medics coming from abroad are often needed to support the local capacity to address the most severe cases, which can be extremely challenging even for senior maxillofacial surgeons. [9]

I felt the older version didn't really recognise the work of many charities and NGOs that work to limit the conseuqneces of noma in several African countries, thanks to the work of volunteer Western doctors and very capable local staff.

I hope you will agree, any comments or suggestions on how to improve this section of the article are obviously very welcome.

Thanks,

--Ras prof (talk) 12:07, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Facing Africa, a registered UK charity sends and funds regular teams of volunteer plastic, maxillo-facial and cranio-facial surgeons with anaesthetists and theatre nurses to Sokoto (Northern Nigeria) and Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). These teams of highly qualified and experienced medics carry out complex and lengthy facial reconstruction on noma victims of all ages. The volunteer medics are sourced from the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Holland and Italy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Facing Africa (talk • contribs) 17:04, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Really?
Noma is not as disgusting as gangrene, but it's a little bit gross. --68.103.31.159 (talk) 01:49, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Consideration of the term 'painless' used in signs and symptoms
it is written in sign and symptoms paragraph that it is a PAINLESS degeneration, which does not sound realistic. whoever has written that may either prove/cite it otherwise i am searching medical books and if it is a wrong information i will remove the word 'painless' from the paragraph. RedPen141996 (talk) 16:03, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * It could be painless in its end stadium, when the tissue is gangrenous and therefore the nerves have already died. -- marilyn.hanson (talk) 21:10, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Society & Culture
I think this section suffers from some PR bias. Does not feel like an objective overview of the cultural/societal impact, but rather a who's who of NGO heroes. Some elements would be better included in the 'Treatment' section, some should likely be purged entirely. "This surgeon did a surgery in this place this one time" does not seem like appropriate information to include, unless it was groundbreaking or historically significant, in which case said significance should be clearly explained. Suggest adding a 'Charities' section where relevant organizations could be included. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.209.104.112 (talk) 08:01, 24 October 2021 (UTC)