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FINAL PRACTICAL SHORT CASE: Case of a 45 year old male with sob on exertion and tingling and numbness of the limbs

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GENERAL MEDICINE - FINAL PRACTICAL EXAM SHORT CASE Hallticket no: 1701006158 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. CASE PRESENTATION: A 45 year old male, who works in a parcel company came to the OPD with CHIEF COMPLAINTS:  Shortness of breath on exertion since 2 months Tingling and numbness of the limbs since 2 months HISTORY OF PRESENTING ILLNESS: Patient was apparently asymptomatic 2 months back , then he developed shortness of breath which was insidious in onset, initially grade 2 (NYHA) then progressed to grade 3. Patient complains of tingling and numbness of both the limbs since 2 months. Initially it was confined to lower limbs then later involved upper limbs as well.  Patient also complains of passing dark coloured stools 3 da

FINAL PRACTICAL LONG CASE : Case of a 70 year old male with recurrent CVA

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GENERAL MEDICINE - FINAL PRACTICAL EXAM LONG CASE Hallticket no: 1701006158 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. CASE PRESENTATION: This is a case of a 70 year old male who was cattle grazer by occupation came to the casuality with:  CHIEF COMPLAINTS: Weakness in the right sided upper limbs and lower limbs since 3 days Slurring of speech since 3 days HISTORY OF PRESENTING ILLNESS : Patient was apparently asymptomatic 5 years back, then he had experienced weakness in right upper and lower limbs. It was sudden in onset not associated with slurring of speech or drooling of saliva. Patient complained that he suddenly couldn't move his right upper and lower limbs while walking up the stairs. Then he was treated conservatively and weak