General medicine case blog
E-LOG GENERAL MEDICINE Hi, This is vaishanavi, a fifth semester medical student. This is an e-LOG depicting patient's de-identified data centered approach for learning medicine. This log has been created after taking consent from patient and his family. Here we discuss about patient's problems with a series of inputs with an aim to solve the problem. A 59 year old male farmer who is a resident of nalgonda district admitted in the hospital with chief complaints of pain in bilateral lower limbs and oedema since 6 months Pain is of dragging type associated with fever, relieved on medication. Oedema is of pitting type grade 2. Neck pain radiating to the hand since 1month. HOPI: Patient was apparently asymptomatic 20 years back then he developed pain and generalized weakness of the body which he stopped working as a farmer and started to stay near his farm. 3 years back patient developed pain in multiple joints increased with movements so went for local practitioner and was taking