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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2013

In the morning a patient had nausea, abdominal discomfort, single vomiting, dry mouth. In the evening, the patient presented with the increasing general weakness, double vision, difficult swallowing of solid food. Objectively: ptosis, mydriasis, anisocoria, absence of gag and pharyngeal reflex, dry mucous membranes. The previous evening the patient had dinner with canned food and alcohol. What is the presumptive di- agnosis?

Answer options

  1. Poliomyelitis
  2. Food toxicoinfection
  3. Intoxication with unknown poison
  4. Acute ischemic stroke
  5. Botulism
Correct answer

Botulism

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