Aisha A., 7

Aisha is a young and brilliant girl who lives with her parents in a small family house. She loves helping her mother with house chores. She likes going to school and dreams of becoming a fashion designer. Her mother is not employed and her father is a small scale farmer. Aisha presented with 5 days history of fever, headache, body pain, loss of appetite, generalized body weakness, blurring of vision and mild leg swelling. Upon presentation at our hospital and after further clinical evaluation, she was diagnosed with Severe Malaria with Anemia and Prostration.

Aisha was admitted in our facility and managed as a case of Severe Malaria with Severe Anemia. She had her complete sessions of blood transfusion. She was also given her complete dosages of IV and Oral Antimalarial and IV analgesics. She was also re-hydrated with IV fluids. As the treatment progressed, she responded well as evidenced by resolving of her admitting symptoms. She was later discharged home with oral medications following the improvement of her condition.

Severe malaria in all its forms are life threatening, however, when treated early and appropriately with parenteral and oral antimalarials plus other supplementary interventions patients usually respond well to the treatment.