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45 YEAR OLD FEMALE WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME (DM, HTN, HF, CKD)

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A 45 year old female daily wage labourer from kattangur was brought to ER on 23-04-2023 with chief complaints of SOB since morning Dating back to her childhood days her father died when she was 10 years of age (He had a tumour on the back of the neck ? Malignancy) She was a daily wage labourer who used to work for 7-8 hrs daily Wakes at 6am - goes to work at 9 am & works in the field for 7 to 8 hrs - returns home at 6-7 pm - goes to sleep at 10pm Married at the age of 20 - Husband auto driver 2 sons : elder son 24 yrs of age at present Younger son died soon after birth (cause unknown) Used to live happily with her family 6 yrs back one fine day she had giddiness for which she went to a local hospital where she was diagnosed with diabetes and was using OHA since then 1 year later she again felt dizzy & was diagnosed with HTN - on treatment since then Since last 1 year her life was not on track as she started to have pedal edema on & off + bilateral knee pains bcz of which sh...

65 YEAR OLD MALE FARMER WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME (DM, HTN, CAD-HF, CKD)

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A 65-year-old male from Chityal Farmer by occupation was brought to ER with complaints of bilateral pedal edema, and shortness of breath since 15 days. He was the first born child in family with 1 younger brother and 2 sisters. Since childhood days he used to be very active and went to school by walking for nearly 4km. During his 10th standard as his father passed away he stopped his studies & being the elder son he took responsibility of his family and started to work. Married in 1980 and has three children- 2 sons and 1 daughter. He used to do farming and was living happily with his family. His daily routine includes waking up at 5 am - goes to cattle shed & comes back at 7am - eat breakfast & goes to field at 9 to 10am - returns home at 1 to 2pm - takes rest for sometime after having lunch & again goes to field - returns home at 5 to 6 pm & sleeps at 9pm. Since twenty years he had complaints of bilateral knee pains which were relieved by painkillers. Used NSAIDs ...