1801006070 - SHORT CASE

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42 year old male farmer from kistapuram  came with chief complaints of 
1) Headache since 3 days 
2) Dragging pain of limbs since 3 days 

History of presenting illness
Patient was apparently asymptomatic 1 month back . Following pesticide spraying(Monocrotophos)his farm without any protective equipment , he complained of headache next day followed by episode of vomiting . He came to hospital and took some medications and been on medications for 25 days since then . 
3 days back his medicines were over . Then he complained of dragging pain in his upper and lower limbs and headache . Headache is mild to moderate , relieves on taking some rest and aggaravated on working . Dragging pain of upper and lower limbs is constant . 

Past History :
Not a known case of Diabetes Mellitus , Hypertension , Asthma , Epilepsy , CAD 

Daily Routine
He daily wakes up at 6AM and  eats at 8:30AM then he go to field and have lunch at 1:00PM  and go back to field and return home by 7:00AM ,have dinner and sleep at 9:00PM.

Personal History :

Diet - Mixed
Appetite - Good
Bowel & Bladder - Regular 
Sleep - Adequate 
No addictions

No significant Family history 

No significant treatment history 

General Examination: 

Patient is conscious , cooperative , well oriented to time , place , person . Moderately built and nourished .

Patient is examined after taking informed consent in a well lit room .

Pallor - present 

Icterus - Absent
Cyanosis - Absent 
Clubbing - Absent
Lymphadenopathy - Absent
No pedal Edema 


VITALS :
Temperature - Afebrile 
Pulse rate - 70 bpm
Respiratory rate - 16 cpm
Blood pressure - 120/60 mm Hg

 CNS EXAMINATION:

Right handed person 

HIGHER MENTAL FUNCTION :

Counsious ,oreinted to time place person
Speech normal
Behaviour normal
Memory intact 
Intelligence normal 

REFLEXES: 

-Corneal present 

-Conjunctival  present 

-Abdominal: present 

-Plantar: present 


Deep tendon reflexes :


 
Knee jerk - 2+

Gait :- normal 

Kernig’s sign negative 
Brudzinski sign negative 

Cvs
s1 s2 heard 
no murmurs
apex beat at mid clavicular line in 5 th intercoastal space.
Respiratory system 
I: Chest bilaterally symmetrical, all quadrants
moves equally with respiration
P: Trachea central, chest expansion normal
P: Resonant
A: B/l equal air entry
no added sounds

PerAbdominal examination :-
I :normal
P :soft non tender
No organomegaly

Review of Literature : 



 Provisional diagnosis-

Headache probably secondary to Monocrotophos (pesticide)with generalized body pains .

 Investigations 
Haemogram
Complete urine examination
RFT,LFT.




Treatment received 

1) Inj.1amp Optineuron in 500ml 0.9% NS IV over 30 minutes.
2) Tab . Aceclofenac PO BD 
3) Tab . Naproxen 200mg PO BD
4) Tab . Zofer 4mg PO BD 
5) Tab . MVT PO OD







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