A 70 yr OLD MALE WITH IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA SECONDARY TO PER RECTAL BLOOD LOSS DUE TO SOLITORY RECTAL ULCER
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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 come up with diagnosis and treatment plan
Case History and Clinical Findings
A 70 YEAR OLD FEMALE C/O LOOSE STOOLS 2 YEARS PATIENT WAS COMPLAINING
OF GENERAL WEAKNESS FROM 15 DAYS PAIN ABDOMEN SINCE 2 YEARS
WEIGHT LOSS SINCE 2YEARS
HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS::-
PATIENT WAS APPARENTLY ASSYMPTOMATIC 2 YEARS BACK SHE DEVELOPED LOOSE STOOLS ASSOSSIATED WITH BLOOD IN STOOLS NOT PAINFUL PAIN ABDOMEM RELIEVED AFTER PASSAGE OF STOOLS
WEIGHT LOSS SINCE 2 YEARS SIGNIFICANT
PAST HISTORY ::-
PATIENT WAS COMPLAINING OF SIMILAR COMPLAINS FROM 2016 FOR WHICH SHE WAS DIAGNOSED TO HAVE SOLITORY RECTAL ULCER ADVICED GASTRO ENTEROLOGIST ADVICED 2 PRBC FOR COLONOSCOPIC INTERVENTION IN V/O ANEMIA
PATIENT IS NOT A K/NC/O HTN DM ASTHMA CAD EPILEPSY
PERSONAL HISTORY::-
APPETITE -DECREASED
DIET- MIXED
SLEEP- NORMAL
ADDICTIONS NO
BLADDER MOVEMENTS- NORMAL
BOWEL MOVEMENTS LOOSE STOOLS ASSOSIATED WITH BLOOD
GENERAL EXAMINATION
PT C/C/C
PALLOR PRESENT
NO CYANOSIS, NO CLUBBING, NOLYMPHEDENOPATHY, NO KOILONYCHIA, NO PEDAL EDEMA
VITALS:-
PR 87BPM
BP-120/80 MM OF HG
SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION::-
CVS : S1S2 +
RS :BAE PRESENT
P/A :SOFT NON TENDER
CNS: NAD
Investigation ::-
HEMO GRAM AT THE TIME OF ADDMISSION HB 6.4 GM /DL AFTER 1 PRBC TRANSFUSION HB IS 7.9 GM AFTER SECOND PRBC TRANSFUSION HB IS9.8 GMS
BGT O POSITIVE
DIAGNOSIS ::- IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA SECONDARY TO PER RECTAL BLOOD LOSS DUE TO SOLITORY RECTAL ULCER
Treatment Given ::-
2 PRBC TRANSFUSIONS
GIVEN COURSE IN THE HOSPITAL PATIENT WAS ADMITTED IN V/O PER RECTAL BLEEDING AND
GASTROENTEROLOGIST ADVICE WAS TAKEN AND COLONOSCOPY WAS
ADVICED AND 2 PRBC TRANSFUSION FOR HEMOGLOBIN ADVICED
Advice at Discharge TAB OROFER XT 100MG PO OD HALF AN HOUR AFTER FOOD
On follow up: Morbidly ill
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