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35F ?allergic dermatitis METHOTREXATE TOXICITY


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35 year old female, farmer by occupation resident of aakaram. wakes up at 5 am does household chores till 9am goes to farm and comes back by evening 5pm, cooks food, have dinner and go to bed by 9pm.


The patient is apparently asymptomatic until 5 days ago then she had sudden onset of low grade fever without chills at night time . Not associated with sweating, dizziness, fatigue and body pains. 

Second day after onset of fever she went to farm for work and injured her left toe with ?sand while spraying fertilizers. From third day she noticed progressive painful lesions appearing on both lower limbs and upper limbs chest and neck associated with local rise in temperature and swelling . Not associated with loss of sensation, itching, joint pains.

No complaints of headache, burning micturition, giddiness, chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, cough ,insomnia, loose stools, loss of appetite. 

History of usage of semecarpus anacardium for one day. Tab deflazocort 6mg for five days itraconazole tofloxacin, orividazole, clobetalol propionate, and megaheal ointment for five days

History of psoriasis vulgaris? From 2 years for which she used tab methotrexate 7.5mg OD for one month and capsule itraconazole 100mg OD for one month which she stopped 15 days back










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