- Request received26/02/2025
- Checked & confirmed19/03/2025
- Fundraising19/03/2025
- Treatment provided28/03/2025
- Invoice paid28/03/2025
- Case closed25/04/2025
Why is treatment sometimes done earlier than the payment?
When a case is urgent and vital, hospitals often proceed with delivering medical care right away to save a life, even before the finalisation of admission procedures. Usually, when this happens, hospitals put the bill on our credit until the funds are transferred to their accounts. That’s why the chronology can sometimes be in disorder.
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John Mark O., 1
Report publishedPulmonology
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$55
About pulmonology
Pneumonia is inflammation and fluid in the lungs caused by a bacterial, fungal, or viral infection. It makes it hard to breathe and causes a fever and a cough with yellow, green, or bloody mucus. Febrile illness is a fever or elevated body temperature that occurs when the body responds to stress, such as an infection. It is often accompanied by other symptoms like headache, fatigue, and muscle ache.
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Background
John, a 10-month-old and the youngest of five siblings, is typically a cheerful baby, especially around familiar faces. He has a curious nature, always reaching for objects to play with. One Friday, John refused to breastfeed and became unusually restless. His body felt hot, and he had episodes of diarrhea too. Concerned, his parents took him to a small clinic, where he was given medication and sent home. However, his condition failed to improve over the next few days. By Sunday evening, his parents noticed he was struggling to breathe. Alarmed, they rushed him to Future Life Hospital. Initial lab tests ruled out malaria, but after further evaluation, doctors diagnosed him with severe pneumonia, leading to his immediate admission for treatment.
Medical history
John was presented to the hospital with restlessness, unable to breastfeed, extreme hotness, diarrohea, lethargic. He was tested for malaria but lab results came back negative. Further examinations was done and he was diagnosed with severe pneumonia and febrile illness which warranted admission. During his stay in the ward he was prescribed antibiotics and other medicine to fight the bacterial pneumonia that was also causing the extreme hotness. John respended well to medication and by the third night he was feeling better and was looking for objects to play with . John was discharged and prescribed some orals to take at home. A visit to the home later after discharged revealed that John had gone back to his normal life and was very active .
Prognosis
pneumonia can be life-threatening if left untreated since it can lead to respiratory failure or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), fluid around the lungs (pleural effusion) and Bacteria in your bloodstream (bacteremia), or sepsis. The bacteria that cause pneumonia can enter your bloodstream, spreading the infection to other organs and leading to sepsis or organ failure. Febrile illness can be life-threatening if it is caused by a serious underlying infection like sepsis, certain types of bacterial meningitis, severe malaria, or viral hemorrhagic fevers, as these conditions can lead to organ failure and death if not treated promptly; John was diagnosed early enough and with medication he is expected to make a full recovery
