A 45 year old male patient, shopkeeper by occupation presented with lower back pain and burning micturition.

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CHIEF COMPLAINT:

Patient came with the complaints of lower back pain, burning micturition, dribbling of urine and indigestion for the past 7 months.

Patient was apparently asymptomatic 7 months back. He developed lower back pain which is gradual in onset and prolonged to right leg.

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS:

Daily routine of the patient: Patient wakes up at 6:00 AM and completes his daily activities and goes to work.

He has complaint of numbness and tingling sensation. No aggrevating and reliving factors.

No history of fever and pyuria.

PAST HISTORY:

He had epilepsy

No aasthma

No hypertension

No Diabetes mellitus

No CAD

No tuberculosis

No syphilis 

PRESENT HISTORY:

Patient was married.

Diet: mixed

Appetite: normal

Bowels : regular 

Bladder: regular

Sleep : adequate

Habits: chain smoker 

ALLERGIEC HISTORY:

No known allergies.

GENERAL EXAMINATION:

Patient is conscious, coherent and cooperative.

Pallor is absent.

Icterus is absent. No cyanosis, clubbing koilonychia, lymphadenopathy.

Pedal oedema absent.

VITALS:

PR: 82 bpm

RR: 16 cycles per minute

BP: 120/80

Temperature:98.6 c

PO2: 98%

SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION:

Cardiovascular system:

No thrills 

No murmur 

Respiratory system:

Dyspnea is absent.

Wheeze: no

Abdomen:

Shape : scaphoid

No tenderness

No palpable mass. 

CNS:

Conscious

Normal speech

Gait - normal

INVESTIGATIONS

Blood urea- 38 mg/

Serum creatinine: 1 mg/d

Random blood sugar -146 mg/d

Total bilirubin:1.87 mg/d

Direct bilirubin: 0.67 mg/d

SGOT: 36 I

SGPT :39 I

ALP: 153 I

Total protein:7.6 g/d

Albumin:4.63 g/dl

2D echo

Ultrasound

UGIE Report

ECG: