A 45year old male with ascites
THIS IS AN ONLINE E LOGBOOK TO DISCUSS OUR PATIENT'S DE-IDENTIFIED HEALTH DATA SHARED AFTER TAKING HIS / HER /GUARDIAN'S SIGNED INFORMED CONSENT. HERE WE DISCUSS OUR INDIVIDUAL PATIENT'S PROBLEMS THROUGH A SERIES OF INPUTS FROM THE AVAILABLE GLOBAL ONLINE COMMUNITY OF EXPERTS WITH AN AIM TO SOLVE THOSE CLINICAL PROBLEMS WITH COLLECTIVE CURRENT BEST EVIDENCE-BASED INPUT Chief complaints : A 45 year old male who is a resident of Nalgonda and Sheperd by occupation presented to the opd with chief complaints of shortness of breath and cough since 6 years abdominal distention , facial puffiness , pedal edema since 3 years. HOPI patient was apparently asymptomatic 6 year back and then he developed shortness of breath which is insidious in onset gradually progressive which is initially grade 2 then progressed to grade 3 . Then he developed cough which is productive with sputum which is yellow in colour and non blood stained There is history of abdominal distention since