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A 80 YR OLD MALE PATIENT CAME TO GM OPD WITH

C/O FEVER SINCE 3 DAYS

C/O GIDDINESS SINCE 3 DAYS

HOPI:

PATIENT WAS APPARENTLY ALRIGHT 3 DAYS BACK THEN DEVELOPED FEVER LOWGRADE, CONTINUOUS, NOT A/W CHILLS AND RIGORS

C/O GIDDINESS INSIDIOUS ONSET ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES IN POSITION , MORE IN SLEEPING POSTURE AND BENDING FORWARD A/W NAUSEA, VOMITING 1 EPISODE YESTERDAY NIGHT.

H/O COUGH WITH SPUTUM, MUCOID CONSISTENCY, NON FOUL SMELLING

H/O SOB

NO H/O CHEST PAIN , ABDOMINAL PAIN

NO H/O PEDAL EDEMA

NO H/O BLACK OUTS, TRAUMA

NO H/O EAR PAIN, PUS DISCHARGE FROM EAR

PAST HISTORY:

K/C/O HYPERTENSION SINCE 5 YEARS ON TAB AMLO 5 MG PO OD

N/K/C/O DM, CVA, CAD, EPILEPSY, ASTHMA, THYROID DISORDER

PERSONAL HISTORY:

DIET:MIXED

SLEEP:ADEQUATE

BOWEL AND BLADDER:REGULAR

ADDICTIONS:NO

APPETITE:NORMAL

GENERAL EXAMINATION:

PATIENT IS CONSCIOUS, COHERENT, COOPERATIVE, WELL ORIENTED TO TIME,PLACE AND PERSON.

NO PALLOR,ICTERUS CYANOSIS, CLUBBING  , LYMPHADENOPATHY ,EDEMA.

VITALS:

TEMPERATURE:98

BP: 100 /70 MM HG

PR:82 BPM

RR:18 CPM







SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION:

CVS:S1,S2 HEARD NO MURMURS.

RS:BAE +,NVBS +

PER ABDOMEN:SOFT,NON TENDER,NO ORGANOMEGALY

CNS: HIGHER MENTAL FUNCTION PRESENT,

CEREBELLAR FUNCTION TEST

FINGER NOSE COORDINATION PRESENT

FINGER FINGER COORDINATION PRESENT

KNEE HEEL TEST NEGATIVE

DYS DIADOKINESIA ABSENT

ROMBERG TEST NEGATIVE

NYSTAGMUS - VERTICAL IN SUPINE POSITION FOR 10 SEC

https://youtu.be/QwmvMeMjo0o?si=GjPP82KpvPOW-OHD


ENT REFERRAL DONE ON 27/1/24 I/V/O NYSTAGMAS:

ADVICE:

UNABLE TO PERFORM DIX HALPIK MANEUVER AND HEAD IMPULSE TEST I/V/O SEVERE NECK PAIN .

KINDLY CONTINUE SAME MEDICATION AS ADVISED BY PRIMARY PHYSICIAN


OPTHAL REFERRAL DONE ON 27/1/24 I/V/O REFRACTORY ERROR IN B/L EYES:

VA : RE-6/60. 6/24 ; LE -6/60. 6/36

ADVICE: USE SPECTACLES AND REVIEW TO OPTHALMOLOGY OPD AFTER 3 MONTHS


INVESTIGATIONS:

HBsAg- RAPID : Negative

Anti HCV Antibodies - Non Reactive

POST LUNCH BLOOD SUGAR:126 mg/dl 

RFT :

UREA 18 mg/dl 50-17 mg/dl

CREATININE 1.3 mg/dl 

URIC ACID 4.0 mg/dl 

CALCIUM 10.1 mg/dl 

PHOSPHOROUS 3.9 mg/dl 

SODIUM 135 mEq/L 

POTASSIUM 4.4 mEq/L 

CHLORIDE 102 mEq/L 

LIVER FUNCTION TEST (LFT) :

Total Bilirubin 0.63 mg/dl 

Direct Bilirubin 0.16 mg/dl 

SGOT(AST) 12 IU/L 

SGPT(ALT) 10 IU/L

ALKALINE PHOSPHATE 136 IU/L

TOTAL PROTEINS 7.2 gm/dl 

ALBUMIN 3.8 gm/dl 

A/G RATIO 1.13

HEMOGRAM:

HB:13.7

TLC: 4,000

PLATELETS: 2.67

CUE:

COLOUR: PALE YELLOW

ALBUMIN: NIL

SUGARS: NIL

PUS CELLS: 1-2


PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS:

BENING PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO.

BILATERAL SENSORY NEURAL HEARING LOSS

HYPERTENSION


TREATMENT:

TAB SPIN FREE BD 1--0--1 FOR 1 WEEK

TAB PAN MG PO OD

TAB DYTOR PLUS 10/50 PO OD 9 AM--0--0 FOR 3 DAYS

TAB ULTRACET BD 1--0--1` FOR 5 DAYS

TAB SHELCAL CT PO OD 0--1--0 FOR 15 DAYS

CERVICAL SOFT COLLAR APPLICATION

NECK STRENGTHING EXERCISES


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