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45 yr old female with paraplegia

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A 45 year old female, resident of miryalaguda, farmer by occupation was presented to the  casualty with chief complaint of

CHIEF COMPLAINTS:

  • Abdominal, tightness and distension  since 1 day
  • Decreased sensation and weakness  in both legs
  • Decreased urine output 
HISTORY OF PRESENTING ILLNESS:

The patient was apparently asymptomatic 1 year ago when she developed fever and severe stabbing type of pain in the back for which she visited a hospital in khammam, where she was told to have a spinal cord problem and that she needed a surgery, but due to covid situations and lockdown, surgery  couldn’t not be done  and she was sent back. Within 1 month all her symptoms subsided and she was alright. 

4 days ago she developed fever, headache, burning micturition, and decreased urine output. She also had 5-6 episodes of vomitings.

PAST ILLNESS:

H/o hysterectomy 15 years ago

Not k/c/o DM 

Not k/c/o HTN

PERSONAL HISTORY:

Diet mixed 

No h/o alcohol consumption 

No h/o smoking 

Appetite: decreased since 1 year

Sleep: inadequate since 1 year 

FAMILY HISTORY:

No significant family history 

EXAMINATION :

General examination:

Patient is conscious coherent and co operative

Patient is moderately build and nourished

No pallor

No cyanosis

No clubbing 

No lymphadenopathy 

No icterus

No oedema

Vitals

BP 110/80mmhg

PR 74 bpm

Temperature 99 F

Respiratory rate 18 per min

SYSTEMIC 

CVS

no thrills

S1 s2 heard

No murmers

RESPIRATORY 

Position of trachea central

No dyspnoea

No wheeze

Breath sounds - vesicular

ABDOMEN 

Obese 

Tenderness present, diffuse

No palpable mass

No free fluid

Liver and spleen non palpable

CNS

Power in both lower limbs 2/5

Reflexes 

Knee -ve

Ankle -ve

INVESTIGATIONS 












PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS 

Paraperesis secondary to L4L5 lumbar canal stenosis


TREATMENT 

Inj Methyl prednisolone 1gm/IV/OD

Inj optineuron 2g / IV/ BD

IVF NS  RL @100ml/hr

Inj pan 40mg IV/OD

INJ ZOFER 4mg / IV/Sos










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