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Table 3 Major complaints/reasons for visiting the hospital

From: Socio-demographic characteristics and psychosocial consequences of sickle cell disease: the case of patients in a public hospital in Ghana

Complaints

Number

Percent

Bodily pains/back pains

159

45.6

Malaria

57

16.3

Check up

42

12.0

Others (e.g. wound, mouth sore, cough, swollen feet)

23

6.6

Fever/vomiting

22

6.3

Dizziness

13

3.7

Abdominal pains/menstrual pains

8

2.3

Weakness

8

2.3

Headache

6

1.7

Crisis

5

1.4

Rheumatism

3

0.9

Typhoid fever

3

0.9