Case Report on Infantile Tremor Syndrome with Severe Acute Malnutrition
Miral Bhuchhada *
Parul Institute of Pharmacy and Research, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
Parth Shukla
Parul Institute of Pharmacy and Research, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
Monil Dabgar
Parul Institute of Pharmacy and Research, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
Tousif Idrisi
Department. of Pharmacy Practice, Parul Institute of Pharmacy and Research, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
Guno Sindhu Chakraborthy
Parul Institute of Pharmacy and Research, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A 8 month old female infant presented with a complain of fever since 4 days which was low grade to moderate in nature, intermittent 1-2 spikes/day which was relieved with medication, cough and cold since 2 days which was on and off since last 2 months, and had complain of ear discharge since 1 week from right ear. The discharge was yellowish in color, small in quantity and non foul smelling;the infant was showing tremors of limbs during awake stage. The infant seemed unhealthy and the weight was very low according to the age growth. The infant showed mild tremors which was said to be ITS.
Keywords: Infantile tremor syndrome, mean corpuscular volume, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, malnutrition