AIAPGET Ayurveda case studies

AIAPGET Ayurveda · Put your knowledge to work in context.

AIAPGET - the All India AYUSH Post Graduate Entrance Test - is a national-level entrance examination conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission to postgraduate AYUSH programmes in India. For Ayurveda graduates, it is the gateway to MD/MS (Ayurveda) study, and the Ayurveda stream is the focus of this page. The AIAPGET Ayurveda case studies are 5 cases and about 3,284 words.

Symmetrical polyarthritis with ama and a wedding deadline: amavata or sandhigata vata?

A 46-year-old schoolteacher presents with a nine-month history of symmetrical pain and swelling of the MCP and PIP joints and both wrists, morning stiffness lasting about 90 minutes, and generalised fatigue. She also reports mandagni, a coated tongue, heaviness, evening malaise with a 'burning-fever' feeling, and constipation.

664 words, about 3 min 2

Acute severe asthma in a patient demanding Vamana: timing and contraindications

A 34-year-old shopkeeper with a 12-year history of bronchial asthma is brought during a monsoon exacerbation with breathlessness at rest, cough productive of thick white sputum, and inability to lie flat. He uses budesonide–formoterol 200/6 twice daily and salbutamol as needed, but has used salbutamol six times today.

649 words, about 3 min 3

Sciatica-like leg pain in a diabetic driver: choosing between Siravyadha, Agnikarma and Basti

A 51-year-old taxi driver has had low back pain radiating to the left leg for two years, along the posterior thigh, calf and dorsum of the foot, with tingling of the toes. Pain is worse after sitting for more than 30 minutes and on coughing, and he has stopped long-distance driving.

636 words, about 3 min 4

Moderate iron-deficiency anaemia at 28 weeks: what Panchakarma is permissible?

A 27-year-old G2P1L1 at 28 weeks of gestation is referred with Hb 7.4 g/dL, ferritin 8 ng/mL and MCV 72 fL. She has palpitations, exertional breathlessness, and pitting oedema of the feet.

683 words, about 3 min 5

Acute watery diarrhoea in a partially immunised toddler: rehydration before astringents

A 2½-year-old boy weighing 11 kg is brought with watery stools ten times a day for three days, vomiting twice today, low-grade fever, and reduced urine output. He is irritable, thirsty and drinks eagerly; eyes are sunken, skin pinch retracts in 2 seconds, mouth is dry, temperature 37.8 °C.

652 words, about 3 min