Posted on 09/23/2020 6:35:51 PM PDT by terart
First let me preface by saying I apologize if too much personal info but I didn't know who to ask. My father just got put into the hospital with either bladder/kidney or prostrate issue. They found blood in the urine. They catheterized him but he is still feeling the incredible pressure/pain where he feels he needs to urinate constantly and he hasn't slept for days (driving him crazy). The nurses and doctor say this is normal. When a man gets catheterized do men still continue to feel pressure and pain? With women it takes the pressure away but the doctor said with men they will continue to feel pain and pressure. I just don't want my dad suffering unnecessarily in the hospital so I am asking for input. Really appreciate it and sorry if I got too personal. I just hate to see my dad suffering.
I just went through this in June. Not pleasant. I was cathed for 5 days. Pain, urge to pee, very uncomfortable. Pain in belly all the time. Had to try to sleep sitting up so cath hose would not get tangled up. I’m guessing the pain, at least in my case, was due to an imflamed prostate. It took a couple weeks for it to subside. On FlowMax and other meds now.
Personally I was fed up with test after test which according to them suggested another test. I did my own research and found at least one test was given wrong so decided to quit it all and get out of their grist mill approach.
yopu don’t want to mask this type of pain
buildup of pressure should have been relieved with the catheter
There is something more.
my daughter was born with Kidney issues and had to undergo surgeries so I am a little familiar- this ‘pressure’ thing led the doctors to find something blocking the output
“fed up with test after test which according to them suggested another test.”
That’s why my default mode is NOT to go to the doctor in the first place unless it’s glaringly apparent that I have no choice. The first visit starts the ball rolling, and it never seems to end. I’ve been poked and prodded, mutilated and radiated, stuck and sliced, and am not eager to have more of that. Add to the physical abuse the nasty attitude of people in healthcare now — mostly the administrative side; not so much the physicians and nurses — it’s just awful.
You need a good urologist on the case.
TREMENDOUS pressure and pain for me. The good news is that it all goes away when the catheter is removed, which was about a week after my surgery. (I had a cancerous kidney and associated plumbing removed in mid-May.)
ML/NJ
Any update on your situation?
He is NOT GETTING PAIN MEDS, ONLY OTC IN HIGHR DOSES.
I agreed with you by giving the example I did.
A catheter alone will not pass some bladder or kidney stones any better than the persons own equipment. The pain will remain until the stones are passed or reduced in size.
A friend of mine finally passed a stone only when they removed the catheter - it was very painful, but he said it literally “jumped out”.
A catheter is no use unless there is a tissue blockage in the urethra that is preventing passage through the urethra, and the catheter pushes through the damaged tissue that has caused a blockage. That is usually not the case with stones. With stones it is the stone(s) that are simply too large to to pass without pain, or to pass at all.
If it is bladder stones that are blocking the urine system, and they won’t pass “naturally”, what is needed is:
A surgeon inserts a small, rigid tube with a camera at the end (a cystoscope) into the urethra and up into the bladder. The camera is used to help locate the bladder stones.
A crushing device, lasers or ultrasound waves transmitted from the cystoscope can be used to break up the stones into smaller fragments, which can be washed out of the bladder increased intake of fluids.
Prayers for your father’s health and healing.
I have had a catheter three times. Each time I was basically unconscious when it was inserted. I'm glad of that.
First was an emergency stay with two days on a ventilator. Second was bypass surgery. Third was intestinal tumor removal. I suffered no discomfort or pain due to the catheter and was relieved of trying to make my way to a bathroom or use a bottle to pee in. The removals were fast and pain free, though the sensation was a little unsettling.
Perhaps my experiences were relatively positive because I had no urinary tract problems. Or perhaps the other pain I was experiencing simply masked any urinary discomfort. I have noticed since then that I have less feeling in the urinary tract during urination than before these experiences.
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