- Request received07/01/2026
- Checked & confirmed29/01/2026
- Fundraising29/01/2026
- Treatment provided25/02/2026
- Invoice paid20/03/2026
- Case closed04/05/2026
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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Elnathan M., 1
Report publishedInfections
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$45
About infections
Respiratory tract infection and severe malaria are serious illnesses, especially in children. A respiratory tract infection (RTI) is a contagious illness affecting the breathing passages, from your nose and sinuses (upper tract) down to your lungs (lower tract), typically caused by viruses or bacteria, leading to symptoms like cough, sore throat, fever, and congestion, with common examples being the cold, flu, bronchitis, and pneumonia, generally resolving on their own but sometimes requiring treatment, especially in vulnerable groups. Respiratory tract infections affect the nose, throat, or lungs and can cause cough, fever, fast breathing, chest pain, and difficulty breathing. Severe malaria is a life-threatening medical emergency, typically caused by Plasmodium falciparum, characterized by organ failure (brain, lungs, kidneys, liver) or severe metabolic issues (like hypoglycemia, acidosis) due to parasite buildup in blood vessels, leading to symptoms like coma, convulsions, severe anemia, respiratory distress, jaundice, and kidney injury, requiring immediate intensive care and intravenous antimalarial treatment. Severe malaria is caused by malaria parasites and leads to high fever, chills, anemia, vomiting, convulsions, or coma. Both conditions weaken the body and can occur together, making illness worse. Risk factors include poor immunity, malnutrition, and lack of prompt treatment. Management requires early diagnosis, antibiotics or antivirals for infections, antimalarial drugs, oxygen, fluids, and supportive care to prevent complications and death.
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Background
Elnathan a 4mo male infant is the third child among three children, the parents have been struggling with the family because of finances. They live in a 2 rooms apartment, they make use of water from the well for their daily activities, they have access to electricity but not always. Elnathan started having fever, mucoid watery stool, poor appetite, weight loss, noisy breathing. Patient’s illness started about a week ago with mild fever and mucoid watery stool twice a day. Appetite was poor and body loss weight. Two days before presentation mother noticed high grade fever and worsening general condition, she gave the baby zinc oxide and water. (Not on exclusive breastfeeding). No vomiting or cough. On examination, a 4month old male infant warm to touch (37.5o C), uniteric, acyanosed, irritable and restless. Tachypneic and has tachycardia. No bowel sounds heard. They parents cannot pay the medical bills that is why they contacted Helpster Charity through a volunteer. The child was evaluated and diagnosed with respiratory tract infection and severe malaria.
Medical history
Elnathan a 4mo male infant presented to our facility with the complaints of fever, mucoid watery stool, poor appetite, weight loss, noisy breathing. Patient’s illness started about a week ago with mild fever and mucoid watery stool twice a day. Appetite was poor and body loss weight. Two days before presentation mother noticed high grade fever and worsening general condition, she gave the baby zinc oxide and water. (Not on exclusive breastfeeding). No vomiting or cough. On examination, a 4month old male infant warm to touch (37.5o C), uniteric, acyanosed, irritable and restless. Tachypneic and has tachycardia. No bowel sounds heard. Treatment commenced with injection antimalarials, antibiotics and other supportive care, patient did well and was stable, temperature was normalized, coughing stopped, crying stopped and feeding continued well. Patient is to return for follow up after a period of 1 week. The family are happy for saving their child and sends appreciation to Helpster Charity for the medical support.
Prognosis
For Elnathan a 4-month-old male infant, co-infection of severe malaria and respiratory tract infection was quite critical. the prognosis is for him to have an early treatment started. With prompt hospital care, he will recover well from respiratory tract infections and severe malaria. If treated early with the right medicines, oxygen, and fluids have a good chance of survival. However, delays in treatment can lead to serious complications because he have weaker immunity for his age. With close monitoring, good nutrition, and follow-up care, he will go on to grow and develop normally.
