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1801006070 - LONG CASE

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This E blog also reflects my patient centered online learning portfolio and your valuable inputs on the comment box is welcome. 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. 29 year old female customer service executive came to the hospital with complaints of swelling of both legs and both eyes since 3 days. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS In 2017 she had generalised body aches and joint pains involving multiple large joints of which elbow and knee joints  troubled her associated with generalised body aches . she even noticed hair loss without scarring and oral ulcers . Later , she was diagnosed with autoimmune disorder and initiated on hydroxychloroquine , azathioprine , wysolone  . She reported that her joint pains and hair loss were not improving