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A TALE OF 3 PARAPARESIS CASES!!!!!

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I've been given these 3 cases to solve in an attempt to understand the topic of "patient’s clinical data analysis" to develop my competency in reading and comprehending clinical data including history, clinical findings, investigations and come up with a diagnosis and treatment plan.                                                                                   CASE : 1 You can find the entire real patient clinical problem in this link here.. https://vaish7.blogspot.com/2020/05/medicine.html?m=1 Following is my analysis of this patient problems Chief complaints are - 1. Weakness of bilateral lower limbs since 5 days with tingling & numbness  2. Vomiting 5 days back 3-4 episodes, non-projectile, non-bilious, food particles as content  3. Gluteal abscess since 5 months 4. Scrotal abscess since 20 days WEAKNESS OF LOWER LIMBS  - Sudden onset , 5 days ago , associated with tingling & numbness , h/o sudden fall when got up for urination  This weakness can be attribu

A 42 year old woman with MULTIPLE HEALTH EVENTS SINCE BIRTH...!!!

I've 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 a diagnosis and treatment plan.  You can find the entire real patient clinical problem in this link here.. https://classworkdecjan.blogspot.com/2019/05/42-f-with-severe-regular-edema-with_17.html?m=1 Following is my analysis of this patient's problem: The problems in order of priority I found are : 1. Swelling of the body 2. Headaches 3. Shortness of breath  4. Sleep deprivation  5. Left sided weakness  6. Oliguria 7. Exercise induced fatigue  8. Rash SWELLING OF THE BODY She complains of swelling from age of 1yr till present time which is most commonly seen in the regions of face , neck & abdomen ; whenever she eats wrong type , emotional stress , exercise , smoke. Reasons could be -  As she is diagnosed with G6PD defici