50 year old female with chief complaints of Headache Pain over DIP elbow and shoulder joint since 1 month

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Chief complaints-

C/o Headache  since I month

Co Pain over the DIP joint

elbow joint and shoulder joint

since lmonth

2. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS

 Patient was apparently asymptomatic 1 month back, then developed headache associated with Neck pain, radiating to B/L upper limbs.

Aggrevated with bending forward, relleved with medication clo Pain over the DIP, elbow joint and shoulder joint

-since Imonth, B/L symmetrical in distibution, with morning stiffness lasting for around 5-10 mins,

- No C/o sOB /palpitations (chest pain )

orthopnea

- No c/o Fever decreased urinary output| PND

burning micturition.

3. HISTORY OF PAST ILLNESS

Not a klo HTN, DM2 , thyroid disorders , Bronchial Asthma, CVA, CAD ,TB

Allergic history:-

No history of any kind of allergies to food/drugs

Family history:- 

No significant family history 

GENERAL EXAMINATION:- 

THE PATIENT IS CONSCIOUS COHERENT AND COOPERATIVE 

NO PALLOR ; ICTERUS; CLUBBING; CYANOSIS; ODEMA ; LYMPHADENOPATHY

TEMPERATURE:- 98.8 F 

PR:81bpm

BP:120/70 mmHg

RR:17cpm

o/E: of B/L hand:

B/L symmetrical DIP Joints

Pain present over it.

No tenderness 

Synovial thickening-

No external deformity

SYSTEMATIC EXAMINATIONS:-

CVS:S1 S2+,NO MURMURS

CNS: NAD

RS:BAE+ ; NVBS 

P/A:SOFT ; NON TENDER ; NO ORGANOMEGALY .

PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS:- 

? Cervical spondylosis ? Rheumatoid Arthritis 

Investigations 

Hemogram 12/9/23 

Hb- 10.4 

TLC - 7200 

Plt count - 2.64 

Pcv - 32.1 

Mcv - 83.8 

Mch - 27.2 

Mchc- 32.4 

UREA 28 

CREATININE 0.9

Sodium - 143

Potassium- 3.7

Chloride -103

CUE - albumin- nil  sugar- nil bile salts- nil 

RBS - 94

X RAY CERVICAL SPINE LATERAL AND AP VIEW 

X-RAY KNEE AP AND LATERAL VIEW -

Treatment

1. HIFENAC-P PO/HS 

2 .TAB . MVT PO/OD