A 31yr old male with Alcoholic Liver Disease

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CHIEF COMPLAINT: 

A 31 year old male came to the opd with chief complaints of

• Abdominal pain and distension since 7 days
• Pedal edema extending upto knees since 7 days
• Fever since 4 days

Date of admission: 14/7/21

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS:

Patient was apparently asymptomatic 1 year back then he had pain in abdomen which is of diffuse type(Not associated with vomiting).

He stopped drinking due to the pain and got treated from local RMP for the pain.

After the pain has subsided, ,he started to drink again. He had multiple attacks of pain in the abdomen during the past 1 year.

Two months back he had c/o yellowish discoloration of eyes, pain in the abdomen and  b/l pedal edema for which he got treated at NIMS, his symptoms subsided within 2 days.

Then he was tested positive for COVID-19 by RTPCR test, for which he referred to Gandhi hospital and took medication for 10 days and went back home. By that time yellowish discoloration of eyes was still present.

One week back he had non-vegetarian food(mutton) for his dinner, and then developed pain in the abdomen, for which he got treated in the local hospital.

There was insidious onset of Abdominal distension, pedal edema extending upto knees and Fever(Intermitent, low grade, relieved with medication) since 4 days.

HISTORY OF PAST ILLNESS:

Not k/c/o DM, hypertension, asthma, epilepsy, Heart disease or tuberculosis.

He has a treatment history which has been taken for RTA which occurred twice once in 2007 and 2014, where he got treated for head injury in both the cases in 2 different hospitals.

No treatment history for DM, hypertension, asthma, epilepsy, Heart disease or tuberculosis.

PERSONAL HISTORY:

He has been consuming alcohol 180ml/day and smoking 1 pack of cigarette/day since past 10 years.

He had an abstinence from alcohol since 2 months.

GENERAL EXAMINATION: 

Patient is conscious.

Icterus is present.

B/L Pedal edema is present.

Absence of pallor, cyanosis, clubbing, lymphadenopathy.

VITALS:

1.Temperature:- 98.4 F

2.Pulse rate: 84 beats per min

3.Respiratory rate: 24 cycles per min

4.BP: 80/60 mm Hg

5.SpO2: 98% @ Room air 

6.GRBS: 126mg% 

SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION:

CVS:

• S1,S2 heard, no murmurs. 

RS:

• Normal vesicular breath sounds.

EXAMINATION OF ABDOMEN:

• Abdomen is distended 
• No tenderness

                                    

ASCITIC FLUID TAP 

CNS:

• No focal neurological defect.

PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS:

ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE WITH GRADE 1 VARICES WITH ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY.

INVESTIGATIONS:

Biochemical Investigations:

                                   

Liver Function Test(LFT)

Blood Sugar Random

Serum Creatinine

Blood Urea

Serum Electrolytes

Microbiological Investigations:

                              

HBsAg-RAPID

HIV 1/2 Rapid test

Anti HIV Antibodies-RAPID

ECG from 10 years back

Pathological Investigations:

                                

APTT

Prothrombin Time(PT)

Ultrasound Report

Hemogram 

TREATMENT:

Day -1 :

 

  1. Fluid Restriction < 1.5 lit/day 

  2.Tab PAN 40mg×PO×OD

  3.Tab RIFAXIMINE 550mg×PO×BD

  4.Syp HEPAMERZ 10ml×PO×BD

  5.Syp LACTULOSE 15ml×PO×H/S

  6.Inj Vit-K 10mg×IV×OD

  7.Tab Thiamine 100mg×PO×OD

  8.Tab UDILIV 300mg BD

  9. BP/PR/Temp/SpO2 monitoring 

DISCHARGE SUMMARY :

   Course in the hospital: 

         This is a case of 31 year old male with Chronic Liver Disease with Grade 1 varices with Acute Kidney Injury. Patient was admitted on 14/07/2021. Diagnostic ascitic tap of 1 litre was done and the ascitic fluid was sent for investigation which showed high SAAG and low protein. UGIE showed Grade 1 varices with low grade portal HTN and mild PHG. Patient was treated with Inj. Vit k 10mg, Tab Udiliv 300mg, Tab Rifaximine 550mg, Syp. Hepamerz 10ml, Syp Lactulose, Tab Lasix 20mg, Tab Aldactone 25mg everyday and was advised discharge on 19/7/21.

     Advice at Discharge:

     1. Tab. Udiliv 300mg PO/BD 

     2. Tab. Lasix 20mg PO/BD

     3. Tab Aldactone 25mg PO/BD

     4. Syp Hepamerz 10ml TID 

     5. Syp Lactulose 15ml

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