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65 year old female with difficulty in walking

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Jaya, 9 sem Roll no 47 I've been given this case to solve in an attempt to understand the topic of "Patient clinical data analysis" to develop my competency in reading and comprehending clinical data including history, clinical findings, investigations and come up with a diagnosis and treatment plan.  Date of admission : 29/03/2022 CASE :  A 65 year old female, herder by occupation, bought to the opd with chief complaints of ~Generalised weakness since 1year  ~Pain of right fingertips since 2 months  ~Dryness of mouth and inability to swallow since 2 months ~H/o fall on 28/3/22 at 8 PM and 29/3/22 at 3 AM   HOPI :  • Patient was apparently asymptomatic 4 years back. Later after the death of her husband , her family members took her to the hospital because she was experiencing weakness. Then she was tested and diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and she is on regular oral medication since then.  She developed ringing sensation and pain in ears on and off since 2 years. She al