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A 35 YEAR OLD FEMALE PATIENT WITH FEVER AND THROMBOCYTOPENIA - DENGUE

 A 35 YEAR OLD FEMALE WITH FEVER AND THROMBOCYTOPENIA 

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NAME : G PRAVALLIKA

ROLL NO: 41

3RD SEMESTER 

 

A 35 years old woman presented to the casuality with chief complaints of fever, cold , vomiting and cough.

 

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS :

 

A 35 year old woman presented to the casuality with chief complaints of  fever since 1 week, cough since 1 week and vomiting since that morning on 17/10/21.

She has been having low grade , intermittent fever with no diurnal variation and non productive cough. She also had 3 episodes of non projectile, non bilious vomiting with no hematemesis. 

 

HISTORY OF PAST ILLNESS:

  • NO H/O  Diabetes, hypertension, tuberculosis, asthma, epilepsy, thyroid, CAD, CVD.

  • The patient contracted some bacterial infection at 5 years of age. Her left upper and lower limb were paralysed due to the infection to the extent that normal function of the above limbs was affected.

  • She was taken to a hospital in Tirupati for a surgery to resolve her left upper limb function but the surgery was unsuccessful.

  • She was on oral medication for 2 years after which she regained some power in her Left UL and LL and was able to perform regular functions.



 

PERSONAL HISTORY :

 

  • Mixed diet

  • Unmarried

  • Normal appetite

  • Adequate sleep

  • Regular bladder and bowels movements

  • No addictions

  • Occupation: Stopped schooling in 1st grade , only does household chores.

 

FAMILY HISTORY :

 

No history of diabetes, hypertension, asthma, TB, CAD, CVD, polio.

 

GENERAL EXAMINATION : 

 

  • Patient was conscious, coherent, co - operative. 

  • Well oriented to time, place, and person. 

  • Moderately built and moderately  nourished. 

  • No pallor

  • No clubbing

  • No cyanosis

  • No lymphadenopathy

  • No edema

 

 

VITALS :

  • PR : 95 bpm, regular

  • Bp : 100/80 mm of Hg

  • Respiratory rate: 20/ min

  • GRBS : 138mg /dl

  • Temperature: 98.6 degrees F

  • SpO2: 99%


 

SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION:

 

PER ABDOMINAL EXAMINATION :

 

INSPECTION -

 

  • Shape - Scaphoid

  • Umbilicus - inward

  • Movements with respiration - equal in all quadrants rises with inspiration  and falls during expiration .

  • No visible pulsations

  • No visible scars or sinuses seen

  • No engorged veins

 

PALPATION :

 

  • No local rise of temperature

  • No tenderness in any quadrants of abdomen, liver and spleen - impalpable ( no organomegaly) 

 

PERCUSSION :

  • No dullness of abdomen


AUSCULTATION :

 

 Bowel sounds present 

 

 

CVS EXAMINATION :

 

  • S1, S2 heard

  • No murmurs

 

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION :

 

  • Trachea - midline

  • Bilateral air entry present

  • Normal Vesicular breath sounds heard

  • No additional sounds

 

CNS EXAMINATION :

 

  • Gait - (circumduction) abnormal due to left foot abnormality

  • Sensations - present

  • Cranial nerves - intact

  • Reflexes - brisk

  • Neck stiffness: No

  • Kerning’s sign: No

  • Finger nose coordination: Yes

  • Kneel Heel coordination: Yes

 

OBSTETRIC HISTORY :

 G0, unmarried.

 

INVESTIGATIONS ORDERED :

 

ECG, CXR - PA, USG Abdomen, Hemogram, LFT, RFT, Complete urine examination, Dengue serology. 


HEMOGRAM on 18/10



HEMOGRAM on 18/10









PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS: Dengue NS1 positive.



TREATMENT:

1. Plenty of fluids

2. IVF 20 NS - @125ml/hour

          10 RL -  @ continuous infusion

3. Inj. PANTOP 40 mg IV/ OD

4. Inj. ZOFER 4mg IV/TID

5. Syrup. AMBROXOL 10 ml PO/ TID w/ 1 glass of water

6. Tab. DOLO 650 mg PO/SOS

7. W/F Bleeding manifestations

8. Platelets , PCV 12th hourly

9. Monitor vitals

10. I/O Charting


Blood transfusion was done when the platelet count was 40,000 lakh / cu mm.

The patient is doing well now and she's being discharged today (25/10)


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