Aneth A., 14

Aneth lives in one of the slums with her parents and siblings. She likes cooking, washing dishes and also watching cartoons. She occasionally goes to their neighbour's house to watch television since they do not have one of their own. Her favorite meal is chapati. She also likes drinking yoghurt. She would like to be a doctor when she grows up. Aneth was brought into the hospital with the complaints of joint pain, productive cough,loose stool, abdominal pains, headache and hotness of the body. According to her, the above symptoms started three days ago. She was initially treated at the school dispensary but the school nurse felt that Aneth needed to be reviewed at a higher level health facility. Aneth's mother did not have the money to take Aneth to a higher level health facility as requested, and in the process of borrowing money from her friends and neighbours, one of her neighbours informed her about Helpster Charity.

Aneth lives in one of the slums with her parents and siblings. She likes cooking, washing dishes and also watching cartoons. She occasionally goes to their neighbour's house to watch television since they do not have one of their own. Her favorite meal is chapati. She also likes drinking yoghurt. She would like to be a doctor when she grows up. Aneth was brought into the hospital with the complaints of joint pain, productive cough,loose stool, abdominal pains, headache and hotness of the body. According to her, the above symptoms started three days ago. She was initially treated at the school dispensary but the school nurse felt that Aneth needed to be reviewed at a higher level health facility. Aneth's mother did not have the money to take Aneth to a higher level health facility as requested, and in the process of borrowing money from her friends and neighbours, one of her neighbours informed her about Helpster Charity. On arrival to the hospital, Aneth was diagnosed with peptic ulcers disease, she was given emergency drugs since she was in a lot of pain. After four hours of monitoring in the hospital, she was reviewed and reports she that Aneth is improving as pain has subsided, she was discharged and given oral drugs to continue at home. Two weeks later when they came for review consultation, she was feeling better and she was able to get back to her school activities. The parents were very happy and thankful to Helpster Charity for considering her request in the treatment of her daughter.

Peptic ulcers disease should be urgently treated with antibiotics, proton pump inhibitors and antihistamines to prevent further ulcers that can lead to gastrointestinal bleeding, perforation and anemia.