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.
Is the collection bag lower than his bladder? They did that to me once.. hung the bag on the side of the bed, higher than my body. Very painful.
plumbing infections can be very painful and cause blood in the urine
antibiotics
Look up Flomax, might be all he needs. Also look up Rezume, an outpatient procedure. You will thank me later.
Do you know what the 3rd leading cause of death in the u.s. is?
Look it up.
I don’t see your point.
There are many people whose pain will never abate. Denying them treatment is a great moral evil, even if they are addicted to the end of their days.
Heart felt prayers for y’all
Oh ok Noob
Blood in the urine is common with bladder infections.
Quit trying to second guess
Because they are not God and often they are wrong or miss something.
By all means, second guess them and advocate for the patient and be educated in the process.
Doctors do not practice lockstep and different doctors have different preferences in how to treat people There's not a one size fits all answer for every problem.
Or an anonymous internet poster claiming to be a doctor.
No.
I have had that several times.
There should be no real pain once its in.
Just a weird feeling.
Having it inserted is uncomfortable but should be bearable
He is a doctor But as his original post said beware medical advice given on the internet.... I have patients and families that think their ability to google (or reddit) is equal to my years of medical training. Newsflash. - it isn’t
if it is UTI, symptoms can be relieved by numbing the bladder with over the counter med called AZO Standard. Cheap and available at any pharmacy.
It will turn the color of your urine orange, but it doesn’t prevent a culture in any way, just makes it harder to detect a UTI using a strip (which won’t be accurate due to the discoloration of urine on azo.
if it is UTI, symptoms can be relieved by numbing the bladder with over the counter med called AZO Standard. Cheap and available at any pharmacy.
It will turn the color of your urine orange, but it doesn’t prevent a culture in any way, just makes it harder to detect a UTI using a strip (which won’t be accurate due to the discoloration of urine on azo.
Indeed there are a lot of anonymous posters claiming to be doctors around here. Even more irritating are those giving medical advice who are not doctors. Glad I am not one of either of those.
God bless you and I agree. All good docs know and remember the nurses who have saved them. I know I am grateful for the amazing nurses I get to work with every day in critical care. Couldn’t do my job without them!
find a “patient advocate” ASAP
Oh, for sure! Those pills have been in my purse 24/7 for a decade. There’s a corner of Hell called, “UTI Department”.
“Why don’t you believe the doctors and nurses. Quit trying to second guess.”
OMG!
In 2007, my mom was within 12 hours of death (per the specialist) when my SISTER diagnosed her issue (myasthenia gravis) via the internet. One ER doctor told her she just needed to “go home” because “she’s old”. Her own doctor (affirmative action grad) came up with a few things that weren’t even CLOSE.
The day she said that when she swallowed the water came out her nose was, fortunately, the day Sis connected all her symptoms to MG. Sis called Neurology at the hospital closest to Mom in Rochester, NY, and raised a stink until she talked to a specialist. Neurologist concurred with Sis re MG, and said she needed to be at the hospital — two hours away — ASAP — or she wouldn’t “make it”.
Brother in PA immediately drove to NY and took her to the hospital — had to carry her pitiful emaciated body to the car. (She hadn’t eaten in several days — couldn’t swallow.) I got the next flight to ROC from LAX, Sis got the next flight to ROC from TPA, and we converged on the hospital the next morning.
This week, 13 years later at age 96, Mom is sending Monopoly money to Democrat candidates begging for funds, and adding “notes” in the envelopes. LOL! She just finished Hannity’s book and is starting the one by Horowitz. She’s be-bopping around the family farmhouse where her grandfather was born.
So, that’s just ONE reason why we don’t always believe doctors and nurses, and why we “second guess”.
I am currently at work, and have a (Foley) catheter in place, with the bag strapped to my ankle (covered by my pant’s leg). This was placed after prostate surgery on Tuesday. My discomfort is very minor, and I am taking no medication for it.
I fortunately, was given detailed instructions by the doctor and nurses on what to expect, what to do, and how to deal with it. This would lead me to believe that your father needs some discussions with his providers on how to be more comfortable. My first experience with this was a couple of months ago, I had fewer instructions, and I was much more uncomfortable.
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