Hi. We are going through a temporary switch with our insurance with teachers retirement and don't have the 1,000 detuctable or insurance until Sunday...Could really use your help.
My husband is a dialysis patient and is temporarily using a catheter until his fistula develops. Today he couldn't run the dialysis machine on the full flow rate of 400---only 200 and ended up getting off early. Now where his catheter is, actually it is above it toward his neck, he has a lot of swelling. (The size of a soft ball.) He is going to put ice on it. We think it might be the way he slept last night.
Do you think this will be okay or what to do?
Thanks to anyone who responds.
2007-06-29 13:58:56 · 5 answers · asked by imcurious 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
the cathetar has likely ruptured, he needs to be seen asap, that rupture will cause an enormous clot that can break loose and travel and that could be fatal. ER NOW.
2007-06-29 14:02:31 · answer #1 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow...hope someone can help you out there. My sister is on dialysis for kidney failure after a heart transplant over a year ago. I feel for you both. Good luck to you.
2007-06-29 14:04:30 · answer #2 · answered by Evil Wordmonger, LTD LOL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've got 3 nurses telling you to get your husband to an ER. I only hope you did.
2007-06-29 14:20:22 · answer #3 · answered by TweetyBird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO , its not the way he slept you need to go to the emergency room NOW
2007-06-29 14:05:09 · answer #4 · answered by CDRN 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
omg that could be serious bring him to the docter or call the doctor immediatly
2007-06-29 14:03:27 · answer #5 · answered by Sam M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋