A 57y/M with C/O of stiffness of B/L upper and lowerlimb



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 A 57year old male came to the opd with complains of stiffness of  bilateral upper and lower limbs for 15minutes since 1day

HOPI:

Patient was apparently normal  until yesterday morning then he developed stiffness of all four limbs for 15minutes associated with of up rolling of eyes frothing from mouth and involuntary micturition, tongue bite+

No involuntary defication present, 

Post ictal confusion is present for 5-10mins, no history of similar complains in the past. 

No history of fever, headache, vomitings

N/K/o HTN, DM, CVA, CAD, ASTHMA, TB, EPILEPSY 




PAST HISTORY

N/K/C/O DM, TB, epilepsy, CVA, CAD, thyroid disorders and bronchial asthma



FAMILY HISTORY:

Not significant


PERSONAL HISTORY: 


Diet :Mixed

Apetite:Normal

Bowel and bladder Movements:Regular

Sleep:Adequate

Addictions occasional alcoholic, regular beedi smoker 10-15/day since 12years.

No allergies


Daily routine: Patient wakes up at 4am and does a few household chores along with his wife untill 7am and relaxes between 7am to  9 am. He goes to his work by 10am and has his lunch at 2 pm, continues work upto 5:30 and returns home at 6pm and has tea and watches television until 7pm. Has dinner by 9:30, sleeps by 10 pm. 

All of a sudden prior to his admission in the hospital, patient experienced stiffness of all four limbs and frothing through his mouth for approximately 15mins at 7:00Am in the morning, for which he was taken to a government hospital nearby and  was given treatment and was reffered to our hospital. 

 No change in daily routine due to his seizures. 


GENERAL EXAMINATION:

On examination patient is conscious, coherent, cooperative 

No pallor, icterus, cyanosis, clubbing, lymphadenopathy, edema 

VITALS:

Temp-Afebrile

PR-82bpm 

RR: 14Cpm 

BP:130/80mm Hg 

Spo2:99% at room air 

GRBS charting: 98mg/dL


Systemic examination:

Per abdomen:

Soft,Nontender

RS:

bilateral air entry is present.

Normal vesicular breath sounds are heard.

CVS:

S1S2 heard.No murmurs

CNS: 

HMF+,NFND

Provisional Diagnosis:

SEIZURES UNDER EVALUATION


INVESTIGATIONS


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Serology:negative
BGT:A negative
RBS:84mg/dl
FBS:
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Treatment : 

Levipil 500mg PO/BD 8AM------8PM

Vital monitoring every 4th hour. 








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