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A 55 Year Old Female with Shortness of Breath, pedal Edema and Facial Puffiness Soumya Nadella, MBBS 8th semester Roll no:128 Under the guidance of Dr. Vilasith (Intern) I have been given this case to solve in an attempt to understand the topic of “patient clinical data analysis” to develop my competency in reading and comprehending clinical data including history, clinical findings, investigations, and come up with a diagnosis and treatment plan.   A 55 year old female patient, a resident of Miryalaguda and farmer by occupation  came to the hospital on 17/5/21  with the  chief complaints   of  shortness of breath, pedal edema  and  facial puffiness. HISTORY OF PRESENTING ILLNESS Patient has had episodes of  shortness of breath  on and off for the  past 20 years .   Her first episode 20 years ago lasted for 1 week and occured in the month of january that year  during which time she was working in a paddy field. This first ...