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57/M with ALTERED SENSORIUM 2⁰ HYPOGLYCEMIA

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CHIEF COMPLAINTS and HOPI 

A 56 year old male patient who is a resident of koilagudem (nalgonda district)who is a daily wage labourer by occupation brought to the casualty in unresponsive state at 1:30 Am .patient was found drowsy from 1 pm on 25/04/2023 And suddenly developed seizure like activity associated with slurring of speech,uprolling of eyeballs,stiffness of all four limbs,

Associated with involuntary defecation and micturition and found unresponsive. 

No h/o fever ,cough.

No h/o neck stiffness and projectile vomitings. 

No h/o generalised weakness ,tingling,numbness.

No h/o head trauma.

Cheif complaints of swellings with discharge not associated with pain on the left forearm. History of similar swellings with discharge on and off from past 6 months. 



PAST HISTORY:

No history of similar complaints in the past. 

Known case of Diabetes type 2 since 1 month.on glimiperide 1mg and metfromin 500mg.

known case of asthma since 30 years. 

Not a known case of Diabetes,HTN,Epilepsy,CAD,TB.



FAMILY HISTORY:

No similar complaints in the family.





PERSONAL HISTORY: 

DIET : MIXED 

APPETITE: ADEQUATE 

SLEEP:NORMAL 

BOWEL AND BLADDER :REGULAR 

ADDICTIONS: NO ADDICTIONS. 



TREATMENT HISTORY:







GENERAL EXAMINATION:

Patient is unresponsive. 

Pupils dilated sluggishly reactive.

Poorly built and poorly nourished. 

Vitals: Pulse rate during admission 52 bpm on atropine 98bpm.

Respiratory rate:32cpm.

Spo2 :98%@RA.

Bp:120/90MMHG 

Temp:afebrile. 



SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION:

CVS:S1,S2 HEARD,NO MURMURS. 

RS:BAE+,NVBS.

P/A: SOFT ,NON TENDER. 



CNS: Patient is unresponsive at first. 


HMF:INTACT

MOTOR EXAMINATION 

  TONE: rt       lt

      UL: N.      N

      LL:N        N

REFLEXES:

      B:2+       2+

      T:2+        2+

      S:2+        2+

      K:2+        2+

      A2+         2+

      P:2+        2+


INVESTIGATIONS AND CLINICAL IMAGES:


























HACHETS FACIES:
Frontal balding .
Atrophy of temporalis muscle.





PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS:

ALTERED SENSORIUM SECONDARY TO ?HYPOGLYCEMIA.

Treatment:

1IVF NS @@ 50ml/hr.

2.Inj:25%DEXTROSE INFUSION @10ml/hr 

Increase/decrease according to GRBS.

3.INJ:PIPTAZ 4.5 g/Iv/TID

4.Inj.CLINDAMYCIN TID

5.TAB.DOLO 650 mg/po/(sos)


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