A 45 year old female with sob and pedal edema .









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A 50 year old female resident nalgonda ,farmer by occupation has come with chief complaints of 
• Pedal edema  since 15 days 
. SOB since 10days 
.fever since 7days

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS 
Patient was apparently asymptomatic 3 years back then she developed SOB which grade 2 and pedal edema which is initially at the ankle and then progressed to legs and face with in 10 to 15 days and  causing generalised edema .for which she went to nalgonda hospital and used medications prescribed and the symptoms subsided.

6 months back in jan 2022 she developed the same symptoms and again went to nalgonda hospital and took medications and symptoms subsided.then on routine general examination She was also diagnosed with hypertension and is not on treatment.
Now 15 days back she had developed the same symptoms SOB grade 3 and pedal edema  which was initially at the level of ankleand then became generalised edema and went to nalgonda hospital and since the symptoms were not subsiding they came to Kims.
(First she developed pedal edema which extended and caused generalised edema 
5 days after this she developed SOB grade 3).
She also complains of fever for  days no associated with chills and rigors and she also developed cough since 3 days after treatment started here.

PAST HISTORY 
Hypertensive since 6 months earlier when she was diagnosed took medications for 1 month and then she stopped taking medicine 
Not a k/c/o Diabetes, Epilepsy,  Tuberculosis, thyroid 

TREATMENT HISTORY 
Not significant 

PERSONAL HISTORY 

Daily routine she wake up in the morning 6 am and get fresh up do house work and then cook food and then she will have the break fast and then she goes to farm by 9 am and then  return to home by nearly 5pm and then after some time she will prepare dinner and then she will have the dinner 


Diet-mixed

Appetite-decresed

Bowel and bladder movements -regular

Sleep -decreased/ disturbed

No Addictions 

Mo allergy


GENERAL EXAMINATION 

Patient is conscious, coherent and cooperative 

Well oriented to time ,place, person

Moderately built and nourished 


Pallor-no

Icterus-no

Cyanosis-no

Clubbing-no

Lymphadenopathy -no

Edema-Bilateral pedal edema



VITALS

BP 140/80 mmhg

PR 92bpm

RR 18cpm

TEMP febrile

SP02 97%

GRBS 99mg%SOB since 10days


SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION 

RS : NVBS ,BAE+, crepts 

CVS: S1 S2 +

CNS: NFD

PA: soft, non tender, hepatomegaly 


INVESTIGATIONS

.Serum creatinine-

0.9mg/dl(on 20/7/22)

1.0mg/dl(on19/7/22)

1.8 mg/dl(18/7/22)

2.1mg/dl(16/7/22)

.Blood urea-29mg/dl(20/7/22)

                     42mg/dl(on19/7/22)

                     58mg/dl(18/7/22)

                      65mg/dl(16/7/22)

.T3-0.61ng/ml(normal-0.8 to 1.8)

.T4-10.24micro g/dl

.TSH-2.23micro g/ml

.prothrombin time-18 sec

 INR-1.33

APTT test-35sec

.HIV1/2rapid test-non reactive

HBsAg rapid-negative

.random blood sugar-91mg/dl (16/7/22)

.anti HCV antibodies rapid-non reactive







ULTRA SOUND-
Grade 1 RPD changes
Mild ascites
Mild b/l pleural effusion 


PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS 
Cardiorenal syndrome (type II)

TREATMENT 
1. Fluid restriction 1.5l/day
2. Salt restrictions <2g/day
3. Inj lasix 40mg TID
4. Tab Dolo 650mg TID
5. Inj Neomol 100ml IV SOS
6. Syrup Ascoryl 10ml TID
7. Inj Monocef IV BD
8. Vital monitoring 8th hourly

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