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My journey through internal medicine residency

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My publication during my internship at Deccan medical college regarding a young male who was admitted for ulcerative colitis in gastroenterology department and developed stroke.            https://www.bibliomed.org/mnsfulltext/154/154-1479185348.pdf?1674057732 During my first year of residency i presented a case of a 50 year old woman with Paraparesis and Hyperadrenergic crisis Some interesting slides from our presentation  Another presentation of a 60 year old woman post mediastinal mass excision Apart from this also presented an interesting case of a 29 year old man with renal failure and discussed various barriers to renal transplant I've also always been actively involved in case discussions, sharing, reading research articles. Here are some of my blogspot articles. https://ashiness92.blogspot.com/2020/05/brain-stem-strokes.html https://ashiness92.blogspot.com/2020/05/days-in-nephrology.html One of such is the 35 year old man who was previously tho...

50 year old woman with memory loss

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 A 50 year old woman presented to our OPD with the complaints of  Lower back pain since the past 3 months  Forgetfulness since 3 months  Slurring of speech since 3 months She was born out of a non consanguinous marriage. She never attended school. She got married to a farmer when she was 16 years of age.  She had three normal vaginal deliveries (2 daughters and a son). She used to work as a farmer along with her husband.  6 years back when she was working at a paddy field, she came in contact with electric shock for which she was admitted for 2 days in a local hospital. She had no complaints back then except for generalized weakness. She was given IV fluids during her hospital stay. She stopped going to work after this incident.  1.5 years back she again came in contact with electric shock when she was working at her house. 3 months back when she was walking to the washroom , she had a fall and injured her lower back. Ever since then she has been ...