A 19 year old Male Graduated 1 year ago, Played Football and Wrestling all 4 years. He goes to the Hospital with a Cough and Chest Congestion. The Doctor Diagnosis Bronchitis prescribes him Steroids, Antibiotics, and an inhaler. 2 Days Later he goes back to the Hospital Emergency Room for Abdominal Pain, Vomiting, and Diarreaha.which happen to be side effects from the antibiotics. The Doctor Diagnonis a Bladder Infection (he said that was causing the earlier symptoms by putting pressure on his bowels) he orders a cathater and keeps him over night. 5 hours later a nurse calls his parents at home. they took him to C.C.U because he was having touble Breathing. 2 Hours after that he Dies of an Enlarged Heart. Turns out he was given Morphine for Pain, had an allergic reaction to it, was given 2 doses of Narcan to counter it, his heart rate jumps to 200, then was given something to slow it down, it slowed to 45. the time period from Morphine til Death was 6 Hours. what Happened?
2006-09-16 17:02:39 · 5 answers · asked by mr_nice_guy 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
He Graduated from High School 2 Years Ago instead of 1
2006-09-16 17:04:42 · update #1
I am speaking about a friend of mines Son. some other important details are that He started smoking Cigarettes after High School (he was smoking a Pack a Day) and he was Smoking Marijuana on a Regular Basis. the Toxocoligy Report said there was no other drugs in his system that wasn't given by the Hospital.
2006-09-17 03:59:09 · update #2
A lot of things happened.
I wonder if he would have been better off staying at home with his cough and chest congestion.
In Australia, awareness about excessive use of antibiotics is gradually taking hold and with any luck our GP's are not feeling pressured to prescribe antibiotics for this man's (probably) viral illness. This might have stopped him from going back for the second visit.
I do not know why he would need a catheter for a bladder infection. Most bladder infections I have seen (particularly those in young people) require antibiotics and fluid and NOT a catheter. In Australia we would have sent him home this second time too.
I don't think morphine would have been a suitable pain relief for a bladder infection. Did he have some other cause of pain?
Narcan reverses the effect of morphine but does not treat an allergic reaction.
What was he given to slow his heart rate? Did he need it? Did he really only need analgesia?
What sort of clown medical system do you guys have anyway?
It is entirely possible that he would have died from whatever was underlying all of these complaints.
Maybe he was very unlucky. Maybe he had idiots managing his case. Maybe both.
2006-09-16 17:15:05 · answer #1 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the person probably died of respiratory depression after Morphine was given. the enlarged heart is due to congestive cardiac failure, that might be due to Hypertrophic Cardiac Myopathy, that is the only CVS cause of sudden death in athletic persons.
2006-09-17 04:28:31 · answer #2 · answered by hEErA 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh man a recipe for death here what you have is first off a athlete. a athletes heart is already enlarged then anyhting hes allergic too will make him swell up even more until theres so much strain on his heart he dies
sorry for your loss
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2006-09-17 00:19:08 · answer #3 · answered by steevo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems like a lot of info for a hypothetical question what gives?
2006-09-17 00:17:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"It is appointed unto man once to die, and after that the judgment." Holy Bible
2006-09-17 00:07:05 · answer #5 · answered by Wise ol' owl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋