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- Title
Bipolar Affective Disorder in a Patient of Achalasia Cardia: A Case Report of Young Man.
- Authors
Zubair, Usama Bin; Ejaz, Khola; Mumtaz, Humza; Shoaib, Muhammad Shahbaz
- Abstract
We present a case of 22-year-old known Achalasia cardia, previously treated for depression, presented with irritable behaviour, aggression, over-talkativeness, ideas of self-importance, running away from home and decreased sleep. He was treated for imperforate anus with anoplasty on the first day of birth and for Achalaisa Cardia with heller myotomy at 17 years of age. His Young Mania Rating Scale score was 22, and his Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale score was 50. He was diagnosed as a case of bipolar affective disorder. Marked improvement in the symptoms occurred after two weeks of the treatment with sodium valproate, olanzapine and clonazepam.
- Subjects
AFFECTIVE disorders; BIPOLAR disorder; PSYCHIATRIC rating scales; ESOPHAGEAL achalasia; VALPROIC acid; YOUNG men
- Publication
Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2022, Vol 72, Issue 4, p1494
- ISSN
0030-9648
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.51253/pafmj.v72i4.6972