Affordability, availability and acceptability barriers to health care for the chronically ill: Longitudinal case studies from South Africa

Table 2 Chronic illness cases with reported diagnosis or symptoms

Chronic illness case number	Pseudonym	Reported allopathic diagnosis	Description of symptoms provided by respondent, when could not provide an allopathic diagnosis
HV 1	Khulekani		Diarhorrea, sores, weight loss
HV 2	Railinah		Itching sores, vomiting
HV 3	Kulani		Leg and hand become stiff; fingers won't straighten; terrible headache
HV 4	Essie		headache, numbness in figures, painful legs
HV 5	Florah		headache; body pains and swollen hands; painful eyes, painful throat; numbness in leg;
HV 6	Polile		Collapses, faints.
HV 7	Phumuzile		Chest problem
HV 8	Bohani	TB
HV 9	Philemon	TB
HV 10	Decan	TB
HV 11	Jafeth	TB
HV 12	Lindiwe	Hypertension
HV 13	Elphas	Hypertension
HV 14	Sipho	TB
HV 15	Ernest	AIDS
HV 16	Esther	Hole in heart
V 17	Nomsa		Rashes and sores
V 18	Lungile		Sores around stomach
V 19	Glory		Cough, shingles, dizzies, stabbing pains in stomach
V 20	Losta		Swollen legs, whole body painful, sharp pain under right breast
V 21	Vusi	TB
V 22	Johannes	Stoke
V 23	Nkukueko	Asthma
V 24	Clifford	TB
V 25	Nancy	Hypertension
V 26	Freddy	Asthma
V 27	Gale	Asthma
S 28	Khensani		Chest and knees problem, sometimes dark shade over her eyes
S 29	Nonhlanhla		Heart beating, sweating, difficulty breathing, fainted
S 30	Phinias	Mental illness
S 31	Dorcus	Hypertension
S 32	Ruth	Hypertension
S 33	Precious	Hypertension
S 34	Nonhlanhla	Epilepsy
S 35	Sbusiso	Epilepsy

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