A CASE OF ANEMIA PRESENTED IN SUMMER 2022

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A 14 yr old girl presented to the casualty with complaints of fever for two days.

A 14 years old girl  presented in the casualty with complaints of  fever 

CHIEF COMPLAINTS


➤ Fever of low grade for 2 days (5 days back)

➤ Cough with sputum (white) since 2 days 



HISTORY OF PRESENTING ILLNESS


Patient was apparently asymptomatic 7 days back . Then she had low grade fever for 2 days and was admitted to a private hospital. She was found to have low haemoglobin and platelet count . Then after 5 days she developed cough with sputum (white, non-blood stained). 


HISTORY OF PAST ILLNESS 


➤ Not a known case of diabetes ,bronchial asthma ,epilepsy, tuberculosis.

➤ No similar complaints in the past. 


PERSONAL HISTORY


➤ Patient is a student. 

➤ Patient takes mixed diet.

➤Bowel and bladder movement is normal and regular.

➤ Patient has normal menstrual cycle . 


FAMILY HISTORY 


➤No significant family history.


GENERAL EXAMINATION 


➤Pallor : Present.




➤Icterus : Not seen

➤Cyanosis : Not seen

➤Clubbing : Not seen

➤Lymphadenopathy : Not seen.

➤Edema : Not Seen.

VITALS

➤Temperature : 98.3℉

➤PR : 77 beats per minute

➤BP : 90/80 mm of Hg

➤RR : 18 cycles per minute

➤SpO2 : 100% in room air

SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION

➤s1 and s2 heard

➤Thrills absent.,

➤No cardiac murmurs

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

➤Normal vesicular breath sounds heard.

➤Bilateral air entry present

➤Trachea is in midline.

ABDOMINAL EXAMINATION

INSPECTION

➤Shape - Scaphoid

➤Equal movements in all the quadrants.

➤No visible pulsation, dilated veins and localized swellings.

PALPATION

➤No tenderness

➤ Liver - Palpable: Mild Hepatomegaly.

➤ Spleen - Palpable : Mild Splenomegaly.

➤ Bowel Sounds heard.

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EXAMINATION

➤Conscious and coherent.

PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS : CHRONIC ANEMIA WITH PANCYTOPENIA.

INVESTIGATIONS : 

1) HEMOGRAM 



HAEMOGLOBIN - 3.5 gm/dl

NEUTROPHILS - 12%

LYMPHOCYTES - 80%

PCV , MCV , MCHC - Decreased.

RBC COUNT - 2.52 million/cu.mm


2) BLOOD GROUPING AND Rh TYPING


3) USG ABDOMEN



No Sonological abnormalities detected.


4) TPR Graph 


5) INTAKE AND OUTPUT CHART 




TREATMENT


1) BLOOD TRANSFUSION DONE.




2) INJ. OPTINEURON in 100ml NS over 30 mins.   IV/OD.


3) INJ. IRON-SUCROSE in 100ml NS over 1hr. IV/OD.









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