A 55 year old male patient with Acute dysentery

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A 55 year old male farmer by occupation came to casualty with loose stools since 1 week.

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS:
Patient was apparently asymptomatic 1 week back . Then he c/o loose stools since 1 week- 6 to 8 episodes/day ,small volume,watery in consistency.
Pt had h/o one day fever(low grade, intermittent in onset),which subsided after taking medication.
Pt also c/o pain abdomen on consuming food which is colicky type, intermittent,not radiating later on from past 4 days patient experiencing frank blood while passing stools(1- 2 episodes/ day)along with watery stools.
H/o weight loss present
H/o outside food consumption 1week days back 
No h/o vomitings
No h/o piles
No h/o cough,cold,sob
No h/o burning micturition,hemoptysis,melena

Past history: 
no h/o HTN, DM,TB, Epilepsy,asthma

Personal History:
Diet:mixed
Appetite: decreased
Sleep: decreased
Occasional alcoholic
No tobacco use

Family history: 
Not significant

GENERAL EXAMINATION : 

Patient is conscious, coherent and cooperative. 
Moderately built and moderately nourished.
Nopallor,icterus,clubbing,cyanosis,koilonychia,edema and lymphadenopathy.  

VITALS
Temp: afebrile 
PR: 90 bpm 
BP: 140/90 mm hg 
Spo2 - 99% at RA  

SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION:
CVS : 
S1, S2 heard , No murmurs 

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM:
Position of trachea: central 
Bilateral decreased air entry +

PER ABDOMEN: 
Abdomen is soft and mild tenderness + in hypogastrium 
Bowel sounds heard. 

CNS: 
Patient is Conscious ,oriented to time,place and person 
HMF -intact 
Motor & sensory system: normal 
Reflexes: present 
Cranial nerves: intact 
No meningeal signs 

PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS:
Acute dysentery

Investigations:
Complete blood picture:
Hemoglobin-13.8 gm/dl
TLC-12900
Platelet count-3.58 lakhs/cu.mm










Treatment:

Day-1:
1.Inj.metrogyl 400 mg/iv/tid
2.inj.MVT in100 mlns/iv/od
3.IVF -NS@100 ML/HR,DNS@Overnight
4. Temp Charting 4 th HRLY
5.BP/PR/SPO2 MONITORING 2ND HRLY

Day-2:
1.IVF NS,RL,DNS@ 150 ml/ hr
2.INJ.pantop 40 mg iv/od
3.INJ.zofer 4 MG IV/sos
4. Inj.tramadol 1 amp in 100 ml Ns IV/ tid
5. Tab.pcm 500 mg po/ sos
6. Inj.metrogyl 400 mg/iv/tid
7. Monitor vitals 4 th HRLY
8. I/O charting

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