16 yr old girl with complaints of loose stools and fever





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CHIEF COMPLAINTS

  • Loose stools since 3 days
  • Fever (two episodes)

HISTORY OF PRESENTING ILLNESS

  • Patient was asymptomatic 3 days back later she had manchuria outside.
  • Later on same afternoon she had loose stools without blood.
  • Later on same night she had developed fever with out associated chills and rashes.
  • There was second episode of fever on next day morning.
  • Fever was relieved after taking medication 
  • But loose stools were not controlled so she came to our hostipal.
  • No c/o abdomen pain and vomiting
  • H/O of recurrent upper respiratory tract infection since  age 4.
  • H/O of jaundice with severe anemia 2 years back.

HISTORY OF PAST ILLNESS 

  • No k/c/o HTN,diabetes,asthma,epilepsy,TB
  • k/c/o common variable immunodeficiency with Autoimmune hemolytic anemia.

DRUG HISTORY 

  1. Immunoglobulin injection since 2 years(2020)
  2. Blood transfusion one year back.


PERSONAL HISTORY


Diet - Mixed

Appetite - Normal

Bowel movements - irregular 

bladder movements - Normal

Allergies - No

Menarche at 15yrs


FAMILY HISTORY 

Not significant 


GENERAL EXAMINATION


Pallor : Not seen

Icterus :  Not seen

Cyanosis :  Not seen

Clubbing :  Not seen

Lymphadenopathy :  Not seen

Edema :  Not seen


VITALS

1.Temperature : 98.3℉

2.PR : 120 beats per minute

3.BP : systolic 80mm hg by palpatory method

4.RR : 24 cycles per minute

5.SpO2 : 97% in room air

6.Blood Sugar (random) : 112mg/dl


SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION :

CVS :

No thrills

No murmurs

S1 and S2 heard


RESPIRATORY SYSTEM :

Position of trachea - Central

No Dyspnoea , Wheeze

Breath Sounds - vesicular


ABDOMEN EXAMINATION 


1.Shape - Scaphoid

2.Equal movements in all the quadrants.

3.No visible pulsation, dilated veins and localized swellings.

4.No palpable mass

5.tenderness present in right iliac fossa


CNS : Normal

- Patient is Conscious, Coherent well oriented to surroundings.


PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS

Acute gastroenteritis 

K/c/o primary immunodeficiency disorder


INVESTIGATIONS
































STOOL CULTURE




ECG






TREATMENT

1) IV FLUIDS NS AND RL 75ML/HR

2) TAB. ZOFER 4MG PO/OD

3) TAB PANTOP 40MG PO/OD

4) TAB PARACETAMOL 650MG PO/SOS

5) TAB SPOROLAC DS PO/TID

DAY 2

➤Loose stools decreased

➤No fever spikes

TREATMENT

1)IV FLUIDS NS AND RL 75ML/HR

2) TAB PANTOP 40MG PO/OD

3) TAB PARACETAMOL 500MG PO/SOS

4) TAB SPOROLAC  2tab PO/TID

5) PLENTY OF ORAL FLUIDS

6) ORS ONE SACHET IN 1LTR WATER PO/TID

7) BP/PR/TEMP 4th HOURLY


DAY 3

➤Loose stools decreased

➤No fever spikes

TREATMENT

1) IV FLUIDS NS AND RL 50ML/HR

2) TAB PANTOP 40MG PO/OD

3) TAB PARACETAMOL 500MG PO/SOS

4) TAB SPOROLAC  2tab PO/TID

5) PLENTY OF ORAL FLUIDS

6) ORS ONE SACHET IN 1LTR WATER PO/TID

7) BP/PR/TEMP 4th HOURLY

DAY 4

➤Loose stools decreased

➤No fever spikes

TREATMENT

1) IV FLUIDS NS AND RL 50ML/HR

2) TAB PANTOP 40MG PO/OD

3) TAB PARACETAMOL 500MG PO/SOS

4) TAB SPOROLAC  2tab PO/TID

5) PLENTY OF ORAL FLUIDS

6) ORS ONE SACHET IN 1LTR WATER PO/TID

7) BP/PR/TEMP 4th HOURLY

DAY 5

➤Loose stools decreased

➤No fever spikes

TREATMENT

1) IV FLUIDS NS AND RL 50ML/HR

2) TAB PANTOP 40MG PO/OD

3) TAB PARACETAMOL 500MG PO/SOS

4) TAB SPOROLAC  1tab PO/TID

5) PLENTY OF ORAL FLUIDS

6) ORS ONE SACHET IN 1LTR WATER PO/TID

7) BP/PR/TEMP 4th HOURLY

8) TAB OFLOX-OZ PO/BD

9) SYP. POTKLOR 10ML ONE GLASS OF WATER PO/BD













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