Moh'd M., 1

A 1-year old cheerful boy from poor home whose parent are living in internally displaced persons(IDP) camp at Njimtilo an outskirt along Damaturu-Maiduguri road. The family largely depends on humanitarian assistance from other Non Governmental organizations such as save the children, MSF, Action against hunger, and IOM for both shelter and food because they lost all their means of Livelihood due to a decades long Boko Haram insurgency ravaging their host communities. He love to play with his toys. Moh'd was brought this morning with the complaints of intense cough attacks associated with vomiting, fever, anorexia and diarrhea. The illness started barely, 2 days ago and the condition got worst this morning as he developed breathing difficulties. He was examined, investigated and diagnosed with Pertusis complicated by Acute Plasmodiasis. Treatment commenced immediately.

A 1-year old cheerful boy from poor home whose parent are living in internally displaced persons(IDP) camp at Njimtilo an outskirt along Damaturu-Maiduguri road. The family largely depends on humanitarian assistance from other Non Governmental organizations such as save the children, MSF, Action against hunger, and IOM for both shelter and food because they lost all their means of Livelihood due to a decades long Boko Haram insurgency ravaging their host communities. He love to play with his toys. Moh'd was brought this morning with the complaints of intense cough attacks associated with vomiting, fever, anorexia and diarrhea. The illness started barely, 2 days ago and the condition got worst this morning as he developed breathing difficulties. He was examined, investigated and diagnosed with Pertusis complicated by Acute Plasmodiasis. Treatment commenced immediately. He was admitted on 12th April, 2024 and discharged on 14th April, 2024

Treatment for pertussis, or whooping cough, primarily involves antibiotics to help control the infection and reduce the spread of the disease and gives good result. Complications of whooping cough are more common in infant and young children.They may include pneumonia, middle ear infection,loss of appetite, sleep disturbance,fainting,dehydration,seizures,altered brain function(encephalopathy).