70 years old male with left sided upper limb weakness since 2 days


A 70 years old male carpenter by occupation came to the casuality with the chief complaints of left sided upper limb weakness and slurred speech since 1 day.

History of present illness: Patient was apparently asymptomatic 2 days ago. Then while drinking water 2 days ago at around 2:00 pm, he was unable to hold the glass properly- suggestive of lack of grip in his left hand. This was sudden in onset.
Associated with Left upper limb weakness, non progressive.
No c/o seizures, giddiness.
No c/o headache.
No c/o fever, vomitings.
No c/o sensory symptoms.

Past h/o: He is a K/C/O HTN since 2 years on Tab. AMLONG 5 mg PO/OD.
Not a k/c/o DM, TB, Bronchial Asthma, epilepsy, CVA, CAD.

Family history: Not significant

Personal history: 

Diet- mixed
Appetite- normal
Sleep- Adequate
Bladder and bowel habits- regular
No addictions
No known drug allergies.

General Examination:

He is conscious, coherent, cooperative and well oriented to time, place and person.
He is moderately built and moderately nourished. 

Pallor- Absent
Icterus- Absent
Cyanosis - Absent
Clubbing- Absent
Lymphadenopathy- Absent
Edema- Absent

Vitals on admission-

Temperature - 98.6 F
PR- 90 bpm
BP- 140/90 mug Hg
RR- 18 cpm
SpO2- 98% on RA
GRBS- 110 mg/dl

Systemic examination-

CNS:

                         R.                             L

      Tone-    Normal                       Hypertonia
      Power-   UL-   5/5.                        4/5
                     LL-   5/5.                        5/5
      Reflexes-

            B-        2+.                            3+
            T-         2+.                            3+
            S-        2+.                             3+
            K-        2+.                            3+
            A-         -                               2+
       Plantar-   Flexor.                   Extensor
      
Hand grip-       100%.                        50%

                    DEVIATION OF MOUTH TO
                         RIGHT SIDE PRESENT.

CVS- S1, S2 sounds present, No murmurs
RS- BAE +, NVBS heard
P/A- soft, non tender, Bowel sounds +

Provisional diagnosis- ACUTE INFARCT IN RIGHT FRONTO- TEMPORO PARIETAL REGION
HTN+

Treatment received:

1) TAB. ECOSPIRIN 150 mg PO/STAT
     TAB. CLOPITAB 150 mg PO STAT
     TAB. ATORVAS 80 mg PO STAT
2) TAB. ECOSPIRIN 150 PO/OD
3) TAB. CLOPITAB 75 mg PO/OD
4) TAB. ATORVAS 40 mg Po/H/S
5) INJ. OPTINEURON 1 amp in 100 ml NS I.V./OD
6) BP/PR MONITORING 
7) GRBS 12th HOURLY.
8) TAB. PANTOP 40 mg PO/OD

Investigations-


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