A 27 year old woman with involuntary movements of upper right limb

 5 2022

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A 27 year old female patient resident of motkuru came to casuality with

chief complaints 
Involuantary movements of right upperlimb for 5 minutes around 9pm last night I,e 4 dec 2022

History of presenting illness
Patients was apparently asymptomatic  hours back then she developed sudden onset of involuntaruy movements of right upper limb with twitching pain
No history of tingling, numbness , paresthesia

Patient was taken to private hospital and was investigated that the postassium is 2.2 and calcium is 8.2 mg/dl 
And then brought here for further investigation and management
Daily routine
Patient is a daily wage labor in farming
She takes rice thrice a day
She works daily from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm on the farm land

Past history
Patient had similar complaints in the past for 4-5 times which subsides after sometime
No history of DM Hypertension Ashtama epilepsy TB

Family History
No significant family history

Personal history
Diet mixed
Sleep adequate
Appetite normal
Bowel and bladder regular

Treatment history
No significant treatment history

General examination
Patient is consious coherent cooperative
well oriented to time place and person
Moderately built and moderately nourished
Pallor                      absent
Icterus                    absent
Clubbing                 absent
Cyanosis                absent
Lympadenopathy  absent
Edema                    absent

Vitals
Temperature  Afebrile
Blood pressure 130/80 mmHg
PR 78bpm
RR 17cpm

Systemic examination
Abdomen
Inspection
On inspection abdomen is flat  no abdominal distension umbilicus is central and inverted no engorged veins

Palpation
Liver and speen are not palpable
 Ascultation bowel sounds heard


Respiratory examination
Trachea central
Normal respiratory movements

Cardiovascular system 
S1 S2 heard no murmurs

Central nervous system
Hypotonia of right upper limb
No Reflexes 
All other limbs are normotonic
Investigation 
Provisional Diagnosis
It was suspected as hypocalcemia but investigations disclosed that the serum calcium is of normal
The next suspection is that it might be a seizures case

Management
Inj Optinerueon
Tab Amitryptiline
IVF NS /RL

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