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Case discussion on 43 year old male with seizures

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 N.Deepa, 8th semester Roll no. 93 I've 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 come up with a diagnosis and treatment plan.  Following is the view of my case :   ( date of admission :18/10/2021 )   ( history taken on : 19/10/2021 )  CASE :  A 43 year old male was brought to the casuality with chief complaints of involuntary movements in the right upper and lower limb.  HOPI :  He is a 43 yr old male born out of a non -consanguinous marriage. Patient had weakness in the fingers of right limb since childhood and he carry out his daily activities with his left hand. 5 years ago patient  had angry burst out and used to beat his family members . He was taken to a hospital where they prescribed him antipsychotics. Tab. Risperidone 2mg twice daily and Tab. Trihexiphenidryl 2mg once daily. Sin

Internal assessment - 1

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  https://medicinedepartment.blogspot.com/2021/10/mbbs-2017-batch-oct-2021-internal.html?m=1 Q1) define bone density, how it is measured?what are the causes ,clinical features ,diagnosis and management of osteoporosis? Ans :                 Q2) what is myxedema coma ?describe its clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of myxedema coma . Ans :            Short notes  Q3) what is diagnostic approach of young onset hypertension and it’s treatment. Ans :           Q4)  how do you clinically localise the anatomical level of lesion in spinal cord diseases. Ans :                Q5)  causes, diagnosis, treatment of atrial fibrillation  Ans :             Q6)describe about megaloblastic anemia. Ans :         Q7) what are the causes, pathogenesis and differential diagnosis of ascites. Ans :      Q8)approach to acute pancreatitis.   Ans :            Q9) differences between UMN and LMN. Ans :           Q10) indications of hemodialysis  Ans :               Q11) role of sucralfate in treatment of

70 year old male with altered sensorium

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 N.Deepa, 8th semester Roll no. 93 I've 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 come up with a diagnosis and treatment plan.  Following is the view of my case :  ( history as per the date of admission 9/10/21 )  CASE : A 70 year old male patient was bought to the casuality with chief complaints of altered sensorium.  HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS : Patient was apparently asymptomatic a day before. On 8/10/21 5-6 pm he was absolutely normal and had his dinner around 7pm . Later he felt uneasiness and took a tablet GLIMI. Around 8 pm he couldn't recognize his family members, he had a staring look and gurgling sound. He had a history of fall during this episode. Later the attendees took him to local rmp where he diagnosed him with low sugar levels ( hypoglycemia) . The rmp adminstered iv