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Short case - practicals

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Hall ticket number   : 1701006160 Short case         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 options Following is the view of my case : A 15 year old with chest pain  A 15 year old male resident of west Bengal came to OPD with  C/O :   Chest pain since 3 months  Shortness of breath since 1 month  HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS :  Patient was apparently asymptomatic 3 months back then he developed chest pain which was insidious in onset, gradually progressive dull aching non radiating increased on lying down, and on turning towards left side. Pain relieved on sitting.  First the parents thought it as acidity and gave medication for it and not relieved. Pain was severe 3 months ago for which patient took medicines, the following month he didn

Long case - final practical

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Hall ticket no. 1701006160 Long case         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 options Following is the view of my case : FEVER WITH HEADACHE A 55 year old female, resident of nalgonda district, labourer by occupation came to hospital on 9 th June 2022. C/O :    Headache since 20  days  Fever  since 5 days  Neck stiffness since 5 days  HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS Patient was apparently asymptomatic 20 days back, then she developed  Headache : insidious onset, gradually progressive, not relieved on medication (medicine taken from a local doctor) The headache aggravated 5 days back I spite of taking medication. No aggravating factor.  Fever : insidious onset, since 5 days, intermittent fever , not relieved on medication she took a