Manariya M., 9

Manariya is a 9 yo female child living with her parents in a community 30km away from the city of Bauchi, she attends a government school which is free for children in the rural area. The father is a small scale farmer and the mother is a house wife. The family find it very hard and challenging to feed. They live in a 3 rooms apartment, with a pit toilet, a well in the compound and no access to electricity. Manariya a 9yo female presented with complaints of cough for a period of five days productive of whitish sputum, vomiting everything, nasal discharge, and abdominal pain. On examination, ill looking girl child, coughing and warm to touch with temperature 37.6o C, unicteric, acyanosed. Tachypneic with tachycardia. Abdomen is distended with moderate tenderness. Bowel sounds heard. She was diagnosed with severe malaria and chest infection The family cannot afford the medical bills, this made the seek help from Helpster Charity

Manariya a 9yo female presented with complaints of cough for a period of five days productive of whitish sputum, vomiting everything, nasal discharge, and abdominal pain. On examination, ill looking girl child, coughing and warm to touch with temperature 37.6o C, unicteric, acyanosed. Tachypneic with tachycardia. Abdomen is distended with moderate tenderness. Bowel sounds heard. She was diagnosed with severe malaria and chest infection. She was on admission and treatment commenced immediately after investigations, injection antimalarials, injection antibiotics and other supportive care were administered and thereafter orals were given for further treatment. Patient did well and was stable after hospital stay until she was discharged. Advise was given on hygiene and diet. They were asked to return to the hospital for follow up after a week.

Severe malaria with a chest infection is a serious and life-threatening condition, especially in children. When both illnesses occur together, the risk of complications increases because the lungs and blood are affected at the same time. The prognosis for Manariya, a 9-year-old girl with severe malaria and a chest infection is serious but often good with early treatment. With prompt hospital care, correct medicines, oxygen, and close monitoring, she will recover fully. Delayed treatment increases the risk of complications or death. On admission, Manariya has responded quite well to her medication, she will soon to go back to her normal activities.