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28 year old male with pedal edema and SOB

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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 patient's clinical problems with collective current best evidence based inputs.  This E log book also reflects my patient-centered online learning portfolio and your valuable inputs on the comment box is welcome.  Case presentation:28 year old male who is a coal worker came with chief complaints of palpitations followed by SOB  since 1 week and pedal edema since 4 days. Apparently normal 1yr back, developed symptoms of neck pain and giddiness,so he consulted a local doctor and he was diagnosed with hypertension with bp-160/100mmhg for which he used the medications given by the doctor for two days and discontinued the medications as the bp was recorded normal as advised by his d