Up to 09/05 I had some clogged arteries BUT also had excellent COLLATERAL formation which helped me manage quite well. never was on any heart meds. I took my BP meds, though. then 09/05 car struck me - I was badly hurt, in the ICU I had MASSIVE MI in all segments. Put on respirator for days. Hospital never mentioned to me about the MI or respirator, I found out later from visitors. No cardiology F/UP was given. Months later I had tibial fracture mended with external fixation. Rods later removed, holes in skin & bone scabbed, MD pronounced them closed. Now since 1 mo. ago, I have severe left ventricular dysfunction, global hypokinesis, ejection fraction is +50% - One fixator hole now oozes streams of cold clear water (no blood) day & night - soaking my socks,shoes & pants & NON-stop. I have bad chest pains on exertion & outside in cold. I believe maybe I'm losing water faster than I can replace it -yet I am nauseous, cough endlessly, and am swollen with water, in limbs. Help.
2006-12-23 17:24:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Danny...you say you are looking for empathy, but then you say help as if you are looking for a DX.
I empathize with you, no one likes an undiagnosable condition.
I would recommend that you go to your doc and get this edema taken care of. It cannot be a good thing and only a doc can DX you.
Good luck, HTH
2006-12-23 17:27:08 · answer #1 · answered by Star 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need medical followup ASAP and you may want to see a different orthopedic and cardiologist.
1. You may be in heart failure due to the edema in extremities.
2. You have an infection from the fracture- that alone is an emergency situation-- you could go into septic shock.
3. Your ejection fraction at 50% is good but major cardiac followup is needed since you have LVH
4. YOU NEED A GOOD LAWYER FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE
2006-12-23 17:32:21 · answer #2 · answered by mac 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Go see your cardiologist and call your ortho and tell him of the drainage- day and night- and mention the edema to your cardio- the longer you let go the worse it will get= swelling is not normal - could be congestive heart failure- or kidneys or problelms w venous or arterial flow- you need a med to make heart pump more effieciently and maybe nitro before you have another mi and keel over- get your wt to normal- lay off salt an caffeine and get your butt in there and see that md!!! that's an order-D-Rn
2006-12-23 17:32:55 · answer #3 · answered by Debby B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have all of these problems, how come you can get online and post a question to yahoo! answers? If you really are having these problems, you need to try to get well and a hospital is the best place for that. I've been to the hospital a lot myself, it isn't much fun.
2006-12-23 17:27:30 · answer #4 · answered by poeticjustice 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋