A 58 yr old male with pedal oedema
This is the case i have seen A 58 year old male daily wage labourer from vattikodu who is apparently asymptomatic 5 yrs back. Then he developed deafness secondary to (?Tympanic membrane perforation) and was fine with it until last year when he developed on & off episodes of giddiness & headache which was attributed to hypotension by a local RMP and was treated conservatively. (can it be ? Peripheral vertigo) 2 months back he had an episode of fever , generalized weakness & body pains for which he is using analgesics and has on and off pedal edema from then which subsided with treatment by a local RMP. 4 days back he developed pedal edema , burning micturition and SOB which gradually progressed to anasarca associated with abdominal distention , increased SOB and decreased urine output 1 day later for which he was taken to a local hospital where he was diagnosed with kidney failure and was referred to our hospital for further management. No h/o chestpain / palpitat...