General Medicine case discussion

  Y.Navya sahithi reddy rollno 146 8th semster COVID-19 CASE -23 Covid 19 with multiple comorbidities: 1 )What do you think are the factors in this patient that are contributing to his increased severity of symptoms and infection?  Ans: As the patient has previous past history of : Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus since 7 years  Chronic Kidney Disease since 2 years Pulmonary Kochs: 7 years back for which he took 6 months of ATT. Bronchial Asthma since 7 years  Chronic NSAID use: since 1991 for knee pain  Getting admitted to a Hospital in 2019 for B/L Pneumonia. These above factors are contributing to his severity of symptoms and infection. 2.Can you explain why the D dimer levels are increasing in this patient?  Ans:The liver produces several important proteins involved in the coagulation process, one of which includes fibrinogen. A single fibrinogen molecule is a symmetrical dimer that is made up of three pairs of three different polypeptide chains, which include a, b and g. Each of the inter

Name : Y.Navya sahithi reddy Roll no:146 MBBS: 8TH SEMESTER I have been given the following cases to solve in an attmept to understand the topic of 'Patient clinical data analysis' to develop my competency in reading and comprehending clinical data including history, clinical findings, investigations, diagnosis and come up with a treatment plan. This is the link to the questions asked regarding the cases: http://medicinedepartment.blogspot.com/2021/05/online-blended-bimonthly-assignment.html?m=1 Below are my answers to the medicine assignment based on my comprehension of the case.  FIRST CASE: PULMONOLOGY A 55-year-old female with shortness of breath, pedal edema, and facial puffiness. https://soumyanadella128eloggm.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-55-year-old-female-with-shortness-of.html question and answer 1) What is the evolution of the symptomatology in this patient in terms of an event timeline and where is the anatomical localization for the problem and what is the primary etiolog