25 yr old male with h/o on and off diarrhoea with these labs.kindly suggest management
Hb. Of 4.5gm% shows grossly anaemic pt. How is he surviving. My first suspicion will go for ulcerative colitis and crohn disease and if negative one will have to rule out all other causes of anaemia active bleeding haematamesis malaena occult blood haemorrhoids and bone marrow b12 folic acid. Full history is very important.
stool for occult blood to be done. complete stool examination to be done. stool for ova and cysts .correct anaemia through packed cell transfusion.pre and probiotic to be given. adv tab Norflox Tz
Protein losing enteropathy with anal fissures maybe. Check serum proteins and stool for occult blood. Blood transfusion is necessary as of now.
rule out coeliac disease. get anti ttg, ugie with biopsy done. thyroid profile and blood sugars to be checked. pt. is hvng bicytopenia. look for lymphadenopathy. bone marrow aspiration and biopsy to be done. Ldh, yric acid, calcium, phosphorus levels. haptoglobin and bilirubin for ruling out hemolysis. get pbf, rft, lft done.
bicytopenia a...pcv and mcv are also low. lft normal... means no hemolysis. no b12 deficiency. look for blood loss and bone marrow. diarrhoea may be secondary to leucopenia. check for hiv status. rule out ulcerative colitis n celiac sprue. deworming is very necessary. do reticulocyte count, peripheral blood smear, stool for occult blood, ova n cyst, hiv, bone marrow examination...aspiration n biopsy, serum iron studies. if no conclusion then do ugi endoscopy, colonoscopy with biopsy, ANA, C-ANCA, P-ANCA
He has anemia and leucopenia with hypochromic picture,generally macro cuticle picture would have made our job easier. Now young pt with chronic diarrhea and anemia,I would like to know more history like ppt factors gluten sensitivity
underlying occult malignancy , HIV, inflammatory bowel ( malabsorption syndromes) disease, pernicious anaemia, thallesemias, coagulation disorders and bleeding varices/ peptic ulcers all fall into the differential diagnosis... investigate accordingly
Commonest cause for this kind of intermittent diarrhoea and such a severe Fe Def anemia is due to Strongyloidis stercoralis infection. If the patient is in well compensated state. I. E no S/S of volume overload correction of Fe Def by IV iron sucrose may be sufficient in adequate doses at proper intervals. second important DD to r/o in our Indian patients is TB affecting intestine. think of conman problems first and then go for relatively rare diagnosis
Severe anaemia with chronic diarrhoea ....ulcerative colitis /chrons ......proceed with basic n must to do investigations .....,,..PBF.HIV.colonoscopy.
thx for all this discussion, when pt will come back to me I have concluded final plan OF T/T from this discussion, stool for occult blood , ova,cyst to rule out any blood loss,AND will look for serum bilirubin, Hepatoglobin , pbf and usg whole abdomen to rule out any hemolysis, rt this time with nutritional supplementation as it it sure iron deficiency anaemia, if not corrected then bone marrow exam, as pt is already financial weak , is it okay
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