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Last January 8, 2010 at around 4pm in the afternoon patient felt slight gnawing pain in
his right flank area rated as 3 base on the pain rating scale, the pain was tolerable and was felt by
the client in their house at Molo, I.C. Ilo-ilo city. Patient verbalize that he doesn’t know of any
aggravating or alleviating factors that could contribute to his pain. As said by the patient there
were no remedies, medications or treatment being utilize to relief the pain he just endure it and
hoping that it will be gone by the next day with some rest and sleep. On the last January 10, 2010
at around 3am in the morning client felt severe gnawing pain in his right flank area rated as 9.
Clients then decided to be admitted and upon arrival to the ER the following laboratory were
ordered as follows: Chest X-ray PA view, IS-APL Xray, FPS, UA, iP and Ultrasound of KUB.
Treatments were CBG-TID and Buscopan 1amp 26H for flank pain. Medications were as
follows: Metforfin – Glucophage, Forte 850mg 1tab (Breakfast and dinner), Acarbose –
Glucobay 100mg 1tab TID, Droglitazone – Prialta 15mg 1tab OD before dinner, Atorvastatin –
Lipitor 20mg 1tab OD, and Fenofiltrate – Tipantyl 200mg 1tab OD. An IV was attached to the
client’s right radial vein PNSS 1Lx100cc/hr and was then transferred to Sacred Heart Unit via
wheel chair accompanied by Mrs. C.G and received by staff nurse and assigned to room 234 as
the client’s room of choice.
As verbalize by the patient he does not smoke, or take any illegal drugs and occasionally
drinks with only 1 beer and started drinking during his high school days. Client has good appetite
and can consume 100% of his meal; client usually eats vegetables, meat, fish, and rice and also
drinks 2-3 glasses of water per day. Has no bladder/bowel incontinence or difficulty during
bowel movement/urination. Patient’s goes to gym or cycling 3 times a month as form of exercise
and sleeps in supine position with two pillows one on his head and one that he is holding while
sleeping. Usually sleeps 10pm in the evening and wakes up 7am in the morning. The medication
that the client is currently taking is the maintenance medication for his Diabetes Mellitus.
V. Family History
The family of the patient is compose with Him Mr. M.G – 45 yrs. Old, Mrs. C.G – 44 yrs.
Old, Ms. S.G – 20 yrs. Old, Ms. Z.G – 18 yrs. Old, Ms. M.G – 3 yrs. Old. The rest of the family
member is in good health condition. The father of the client died at the age of 69 because of heart
attack and his mother died at the age of 44 because of breast cancer and his brother Mr. R.G died
at the age of 24 because of heart attack. As said by the client his grandmother had Diabetes
mellitus and there were no existence of rare genetic conditions.
As claimed by the patient he lived in an urban area and there were no environmental
hazards in their home that could contribute to his present illness or can trigger an illness
response. The patient has no problem in performing activities of daily living such as bathing,
dressing, cooking and eating. The patient has a good relationship with his family and he is the
one who makes the final decision in terms of decision making. The family is independent in
terms of support system in times of needs and also in financial situation as verbalized by the
patient. The monthly income of the patient is 200,000php and according to the patient it is
enough to support the basic needs of the family. The patient claimed has a good relationship
toward his wife.