43 year old male with paraparesis
A 43 old male patient resident of nalgonda ,farmer by occupation ,presented to casualty with complaints of : Low grade Fever since 1 year . Cough with sputum since 1 year Complaints of neck pain since 6 months Weakness of all both lower limbs since 6 months . HOPI : Patient was married at age of 25 and have 3 children , one son and two daughters . He is farmer by occupation . He is occasional alcoholic and chronic smoker (1-2 packs/day) since 20 years . He was apparently alright till 33 years of age , then in view of generalised weakness pt went for routine evaluation and got diagnosed with diabetes mellites- type 2 and is using OHA since 10 years . He takes his medication regularly . Patient had history of fever since 1 year which was low grade not associated with chills and rigors, intermittent, associated with diurnal variation and night sweats. He also complains of cough with scanty white color ,mucoid expectorant since 1 year, non foul smelling, non blood tinged . No