51 year old female with meningitis
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A 55 YR OLD FEMALE WITH FEVER , NECK STIFFNESS AND HEADACHE
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Final practical exam LONG CASE:-
CHIEF COMPLAINTS:
A 55 yr old female who is house maid by occupation came to the hospital with chief complaints-
Fever since 5 days
Neck stiffness since 5 days
History of present illness:-
- Patient was apparently asymptomatic 5 days back then she had fever which is sudden in onset and continuous type and relieved on medication and associated with tremors.
Complaints of bilateral knee joint pains .
Negative history:-
Fever not associated with chills and rigors. No h/o cold ,cough ,loose stools , abdominal pain , breathlessness, PND , orthopnoea. No history of burning micturition, increased frequency of micturition.
- There is h/o headache from 25 days but it got aggravated since 5 days which is insidious in onset and progressive for which she took medication but not relieved. No aggravating and relieving factors . - History of neck stiffness since 5 days.
- History of vomiting 3 days back ,1 episode which is not projectile ,non bilious ,content is food particles .
PAST HISTORY:-
No history of similar complaints in the past.
Medical illness - Not a known case of diabetes , hypertension, asthma, TB, Thyroid .
•7 yrs back she had history of CVA where both upper and lower limbs are paralysed and took some medication.
she took allopathy medicine 6 months back and she got recovered.
•Surgical history- hysterectomy done 25 yrs back .
FAMILY HISTORY:-
No similar complaints inthe family
No history of diabetes, hypertension,TB ,asthma.
PERSONAL HISTORY:-
Diet - mixed
Appetite - lost
Sleep - adequate
Bowel and bladder- regular bladder and constipation is present .
No addictions and allergies.
GENERAL EXAMINATION:-
Patient is conscious, coherent, coperative. Moderately built moderately nourished.
No pallor, icterus, cyanosis, clubbing, generalised lymphadenopathy, generalised edema.
VITALS:
Temperature: 99°F
Pulse rate: 78bpm
Resp rate:15cpm
BP:110/70mmhg
Spo2:98%
SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM::-
Higher mental functions
• conscious
• oriented to person and place ,time.
• memory - able to recognize their family members
• Speech - normal
CRANIAL NERVES examination -
• 1 - sense of smell present
• 2- Direct and indirect light reflex present
• 3,4,6 - no ptosis Or nystagmus
• 5- corneal reflex present on both sides
• 7- no deviation of mouth, no loss of nasolabial folds, forehead wrinkling present.
• 8- able to hear
• 9,10- uvula not deviated
• 11- sternocleidomastoid contraction present
• 12- no tongue deviation
Motor system
Tone -. Upper limbs
Tone: Lower limbs
Inspection - Normal Normal
Palpation - Normal Normal
Bulk : right Left
Arm :- 28cm. 27cm
Forearm:- 20cm 18 cm
Thigh: 33 cm 32cm
Calf:. 25 cm 23 cm
Power :
Muscles of neck -
• stenocleidomastoid- good
•Nuchal muscles- stiffness present
Slight tenderness present over the neck on examination.
Right Left
Biceps- 5/5 5/5
Triceps-. 5/5 5/5
Brachioradialis-. 5/5 5/5
Tibialis posterior-. 5/5 5/5
Reflexes: right left
Biceps- + +
Triceps- + +
Knee- + +
Ankle - + +
Babinski sign
Sensory system: Normal
Cerebellar signs :
Knee - heel incoordination - No
Finger - nose incoordination- No
Meningeal signs -
Neck stiffness present .
Kernig's sign - positive
Brudzinki sign - positive
EXAMINATION OF OTHER SYSTEMS
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM:
S1 S2 Heart sounds – normal
No thrills/murmurs
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM:
Chest symmetrical, No paradoxical movements, Normal vesicular breath sounds heard,
No abnormal/added sound
ABDOMEN:
Abdomen is soft, non tender,No organomegaly, No ascites.
Provisional diagnosis:VIRAL FEVER with VIRAL MENINGOENCEPHALITIS under evaluation and detected denovo DIABETES MELLITUS type 2.
Investigations:-
GRBS - 100 mg/dl
Hemogram :-
Hb - 13 g/dl
TLC - 3500
N/L/E/M-60/30/2/8
PLT- 2.1 lakh per mm3
FBS- 168**mg/ dl
Hb1 AC -6.9*
Urea- 38
Serum creatinine- 1.0
Uric acid - 4.9
Sodium- 141meq
Pottasium- 4.0
chloride- 1058
Serology
LFT:
Tb - 1.03
Db- 0.31
SGOT(AST) - 69
SGPT(ALT) - 68
ALP-135
Tp-6.4
Albumin-4.0
CUE:
Albumin +
Sugar - nil
Pus cells - 6 - 8
Epithelial cells- 3-4
RBC - nil
Casts - nil
CSF :
Sugar - 81
Protein-12.6
Chloride-113
ABG:
pH - 7.4
Pco2- 29.1
Po2- 88.4
Hco3- 18.0
Sat O2 - 97%
MRI brain :
X Ray - knee joint AP view
X ray Lateral view of skull and neck-
X Ray chest :
ECG
Treatment:-
Inj. CEFTRIAXONE 2 gm/ BD
Inj.DEXA 6mg/iv/tid
Inj . Vancomycin 1gm/iv
Inj. Pcm 1gm/iv
Tab . Pcm 650 mg
Tab. Ecospirin 75 mg /po/od
Tab. Atorvas 10 mg /po/od
Syp. Cremaffin plus 30ml/po
On day 2 :-
Patient is conscious, coherent, cooperative.
Vitals:-
Temperature: 99°F
Pulse rate: 76bpm
Resp rate:15cpm
BP:130/90mmhg
Spo2:96%
GRBS- 197mg/dl
Treatment-
Inj. CEFTRIAXONE 2 gm/ BD
Inj.DEXA 6mg/iv/tid
Inj . Vancomycin 1gm/iv
Inj. Pcm 1gm/iv
Tab . Pcm 650 mg
Tab. Ecospirin 75 mg /po/od
Tab. Atorvas 10 mg /po/od
Syp. Cremaffin plus 30ml/po
Oint.Diclofenac for thigh pain
On day 3:-
Patient is conscious, coherent, cooperative.
Vitals:-
Temperature: 99°F
Pulse rate: 78bpm
Resp rate:16cpm
BP:120/90mmhg
Spo2:96%
GRBS- 190mg/dl
Investigations:-
Treatment-
Inj. CEFTRIAXONE 2 gm/ BD
Inj.DEXA 6mg/iv/tid
Inj . Vancomycin 1gm/iv
Inj. Pcm 1gm/iv
Tab . Pcm 650 mg
Tab. Ecospirin 75 mg /po/od
Tab. Atorvas 10 mg /po/od
Syp. Cremaffin plus 30ml/po
Oint.Diclofenac for thigh pain
Inj.pan 40 mg iv /od
Tab. Naproxen 250 mg po/tid.
Flexbenz gel for L/A on thighs
