50 year old male with fever








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     have been given this case to solve in an attempt to understand the topic of "Patient clinical data analysis" to develop my competency in reading and comprehending clinical data including history, clinical findings, investigations and diagnosis and come up with a treatment plan. 

This is the 2 nd case 

My analysis for this patient is as folows:-

Age: 50 

Sex: Male 

Occupation: Shepard 

Chief complaints:

Fever 8 days 

General weakness 6 days


Pedal edema 6 days

Analysis of each complaint in detail-


1) Pedal edema:

  • Onset- Insidious
  • Duration- 6 months
  • Progression- Gradually Progressive 
  • Type- Pitting
  • Aggravated on- Walking
  • Relieved on- 

    • Facial puffiness mainly periorbital edema
    • Abdominal distension
    • Dyspnea (Initially Grade 3 later, Grade 4 according to NYHA)
    • Intermittent Palpitations
    • Right sided Chest pain, non- radiating

Etiology for pedal edema:
  • Rena
  • Cardiac
  • Hepati



History of presenting illness 
Patient was apparently as symptomatic 5 days back and developed fever chills and relieved my medication And pedal edema insidious in onset gradually progressive 

Personal history 
Diet mixed 
Sleep disturbed
Bowel and bladder regular
Addiction 90 ml 

Family history :not significant 
General examination
Parlor :no 
Icturus :no 
Lympandinopathy:no 
Clubbing :no
Kilonycia :no 
Pedal edema :Yes 
EXAMINATION OF ABDOMEN 

INSPECTION 
Shape of abdomen :scaphoid
No flank fullness
Umbilical normal 
No visible scar 
No visible pulsation 
No distentiom of abdomen 

PALPATION
temperature  : increase 
Tenderness : epigastric 
Mass in abdomen no
Oraganomegaly 
No hepatomegaly 
No splenomegaly 

PERCURTION 
No dullness 

AUSCULTATION 
Bowel sound heard 

EXAMINATION OF RESPIRATORY 
dyspnea :no
Wheeze : no 
Position of trachea: central 




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