50 year old male with fever
I 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
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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