32 year old male with puffiness of the face and swelling of lips

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Patient presented with complaints of swelling of face, difficulty in swallowing and change in voice since yesterday night

Patient was apparently asymptomatic 16 years back, then in 2007 after exposure to cement dust he developed sudden difficulty in breathing, inability to speak, swelling of face , lips, hands and legs. Emergency tracheostomy was done and treated conservatively and got relieved. 

He was found to be allergic to smoke inhalation of burnt plastic, garbage, any offensive smell, strawdust and cotton.  

He is also allergic to foods like Brinjal, mutton, fish and papaya. 

The symptoms aggravated even on anxiety. Swelling on face increases after any H/O trauma.

Patient used to develop symptoms on and off from the past 16 years. Patient was referred to Outside hospital i/v/o immunotherapy in 2011 and was treated with some unknown medication and was advised precautionary measures against allergens. Again in 2016, patient was presented with some complaints as in 2007 when emergency tracheostomy was done, patient since then complains of occasional swelling of face, hand and legs which relieved on taking medication. 

Again in 2021, Patient presented with complaints of swelling of face and difficulty in breathing and was treated with FFP’s, adrenaline, nebulization, hydrocort and symptoms got relieved. Patient had around 6-7 hospital admissions in the past 16 years.

Done in 2020 December 

C4 complement serum is less than 8 mg/dl

C1 estarase inhibitor protein is 65 mg/dl

Not a k/c/o Htn, DM, cad,thyroid disorders, epilepsy,tb

He is allergic to straw dust,burnt leaves, garbage, plastic smoke,

He is also allergic to foods like Brinjal, mutton, fish and papaya. 

No significant family history

On examination

Patient is concious coherent and cooperative 

Perioral/lip edema present

Facial puffiness present 

Temperature 98.6F

Pulse rate 106bpm

Respiratory rate 18per min

BP 110/70 mmhg 

Spo2 98 at room air 

GRBS 110mg/dl

Systemic examination

CVS s1s2 heard 

No murmurs

Rs bilateral air entry present

Per abdomen soft non tender 

CNS 

Power normal in bilateral upper and lower limbs 

Tone normal in bilateral upper and lower limbs 

No meningeal signs 

Previous Tracheostomy scar present.

Edema of lips present

On 22/2/23

Provisional diagnosis

Angioedema under evaluation

Treatment

Inj hydrocortisone 100mg IV stat

Nebulization with adrenaline 1amp stat

Nebulization with budecort tid 

Nebulization with duolin qid 

Investigations

Ecg

Chest xray pa view

CBP

Hb – 11.8

TLC – 16600

Neu – 90

Lymp – 06

PCV – 40.5

RDW – 18.2

RBC – 6.3

PLC – 5.3

BT – 2 min 30 sec

CT – 4 min 30 sec

APTT – 35 sec

PT – 18

INR – 1.33

CUE

Alb – trace

Pus cells -2- 3

RBS – 124

B.Urea – 32

S.Creat – 1.2

S.electrolytes

Na+ - 141

K+ - 3.9

Cl- - 105

Ca2+ - 1.11

LFT

TB – 0.89

DB – 0.20

AST- 21

Alt -16

ALP-124

T Protein – 7.3

Albumin -4.59

A/G -1.69

DVL referral

ent referral