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67 year old male with vomiting, facial swelling and thickened tongue

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THIS IS AN ONLINE E LOG BOOK TO DISCUSS OUR PATIENT'S DE - IDENTIFIED HEALTH DATA SHARED AFTER TAKING HIS / HER /GUARDIAN'S SIGNED INFORMED CONSENT .HERE WE DISCUSS OUR INDIVIDUAL PATIENT'S PROBLEMS THROUGH SERIES OF INPUTS FROM AVAILABLE GLOBAL ONLINE COMMUNITY OF EXPERTS WITH AN AIM TO SOLVE THOSE CLINICAL PROBLEMS WITH COLLECTIVE CURRENT BEST EVIDENCE BASED INPUT."  A 67year old male came to our hospital with chief complaints of vomiting, facial swelling, and thickened tongue. HOPI:  patient was apparently asymptomatic 10 days back then he had episodes of vomiting. The vomited material was watery with food particles. Then he developed facial swelling and thickening of tongue. He went to local doctor with same complaints and received medication. The symptoms were reduced but the episodes of vomiting were recurrent, they did not subside completely. After 5days they came to our hospital with same complaints and got treated on OP basis. Even after treatment the symptoms