A 55 Year Old Female with Shortness of Breath, pedal Edema and Facial Puffiness.
A 55 year old female patient, a resident of Miryalaguda and farmer by occupation came to the hospital on 17/5/21 with the chief complaints of shortness of breath, pedal edema and facial puffiness. HISTORY OF PRESENTING ILLNESS Patient has had episodes of shortness of breath on and off for the past 20 years . Her first episode 20 years ago lasted for 1 week and occured in the month of january that year during which time she was working in a paddy field. This first episode was relieved upon taking medication the name of which the patient is unable to recall. For the next 8 years the patient has suffered from similar episodes of SOB every year each lasting aproximately 1 week and occurring around January (when she worked at the paddy fields) these episodes were all relieved upon taking medication. 12 years ago she had another episode of SOB. This one lasted 20 days and she had to be hospitalized. T...