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60 yr old female with lower back pain ,pedal edema and decreased urine output

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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 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 patient's clinical problems with collective current best evidence based inputs.   A 60 yr old female  presented to Opd with cheifcomplaints of facial puffiness ,lower back pain and pedal edema.   History of present illness: Patient was apparently asymptomatic 4 months back and then she noticed facial puffiness and pedal edema and also has lower back pain.  Then she  was given symptomatic treatment and she also used analgesics for lower back pain. Later again she noticed the symptoms and visited local health care centre and there she diagnosed as kidney failure.   Now she was undergoing dialysis twice a week  since 3 months.  History of past illness : Patient is a known case of diabete