Table 1.
Clinical profile of the affected patients*
| Symptoms | Age and gender of the patients | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60/F | 40/M | 35/F | 28/M | 25/F | 25/M | 11/M | 9/M | 6/F | 2/M | ||
| Oedema | Legs | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Constitutional symptoms | Fever | − | − | + | + | ++ | +++ | + | ++ | + | + |
| Restlessness | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | ||
| Cutaneous | Erythema | + | + | − | + | ++ | ++ | − | + | − | + |
| Local tenderness | − | − | − | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | |
| Facial discoloration and hair loss | + | ++ | − | +++ | + | + | − | − | − | − | |
| Oedema | − | + | + | − | +++ | ++ | − | + | − | − | |
| Skin blanching | + | + | − | − | + | ++ | − | ++ | + | + | |
| Cardiovascular system | Persistent tachycardia | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Congestive heart failure | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| Gastrointestinal system | Diarrhea | ++ | ++ | +++ | − | ++ | ++ | +++ | ++ | ++ | + |
| Vomiting | − | − | + | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | |
*
+ = Presence of the clinical sign; − = absence of the clinical sign; ++ or +++ = increase in number of + signifies increase in severity.