A 38 year old female with fever since 2 months

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A 38 year old female ,daily wage labourer by occupation and resident of suryapet has come on 27/06/22 with

CHIEF COMPLAINTS:

Fever since 2 months
Throat pain since 2 days

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS :

Patient was apparently asymptomatic 2 months back and then she developed fever which was low grade, intermittent in nature. Temperature rises once every 3 days ,more in the evening(after 4 pm) than morning .
Everytime she had fever she took medications prescribed by local practitioner and it subsided.
Fever was also associated with chills and rigors since 15 days.
Since the fever was not subsiding the local practitioner recommended her to get tested and the results are (on 20/6/22) : 

She also complains of throat pain since 2 days .she has difficulty swallowing and for which she took medication Azithromycin prescribed by local practitioner.

She stopped going to work since 2 months.

No history of cough, weight loss, vomiting,oose stools, abdominal pain.


HISTORY OF PAST ILLNESS:

Patient is not a known case of diabetes, hypertension, epilepsy, asthma, tuberculosis.


PERSONAL HISTORY:

Daily routine- 

Patient wakes up at 6 AM , does the household work ,haves her breakfast and leaves to work by 9 AM.

Lunch at 1 PM and she comes back home from work at 5 PM .She then does household work and then dinner at 8 PM and sleeps at 9 PM. 

She is not going to work since 2 months 

Diet : mixed
Appetite: normal
Sleep : adequate
Bowel and bladder movements :regular
Addictions :none


FAMILY HISTORY:
Not significant


GENERAL EXAMINATION:
Patient is conscious, coherent and cooperative.
Moderately built and moderately nourished.
Well oriented to time, place and person.

No pallor ,icterus, cyanosis, clubbing, edema.

Lymphadenopathy present


VITALS:

On admission 
BP: 110/70 mmHg
RR: 18 cpm
PR : 80 bpm
TEMP: Afebrile
GRBS: 114 mg%
SP02: 98%

On 6/7/22

Afebrile

BP 100/60 mmhg

RR 80bpm

SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION :

Respiratory system: 

         Bilateral air entry present

         Normal vesicular breath sounds 

Cardiovascular system : 

         S1 S2 heard, no murmurs

Central nervous system : 

        No focal neurological deficits

Abdominal examination:

     Inspection:

         Shape- scaphoid

         Umbilicus inverted

         Movements - moves with respiration 

     Palpation:

         No local rise of temperature 

         No tenderness of abdomen

         Hernial orifices normal 

         Liver is not palpable

         Spleen is not palpable

     Auscultation:

         Bowel sounds heard 

         No bruits

PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS :
Fever under evaluation with Herpes labialis.


TREATMENT: 
Inj. Monocef 1gm IV BD
IVF 10 NS @ 50ml/hr with 1amp Optineurin
Vitals monitoring every 4th hourly
Temperature monitoring every 3hrs.