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General medicine - case discussion

JANCY KONETI ROLL NO: 70 This is my attempt to solve a case of 42 year old woman with multiple health problems since birth. You can find the entire real patient clinical problem in this link https://classworkdecjan.blogspot.com/2019/05/42-f-with-severe-regular-edema-with_17.html?m=1 Following is my analysis of the patient's problem: according to me, problems in order of priority are: 1) oliguria 2) left sided weakness 3) swelling over face and abdomen 4) severe migraine attacks with aura 5) sleeplessness LEFT SIDED WEAKNESS  - She complained of frequent falls to the left and also her left hand and foot started giving away. There was also left jaw pain up into face  - may be, she has mild right brain injury that is affecting the left side of her body -also, would like to know whether she had any history of mild or moderate head injury in the past Investigations: complete neurological examination CT brain/spine MRI brain/spine SWELLING  she complained of swelling which drastically fl