Re: Please Help Sick hubby! michelle

March 10, 2009

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> You guys always coem through for me and I appriciate all your help always.

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I kept this from Arne and I hope it helps.

I always say safe rather than sorry.

If Tony is not getting fluids there is dehydration, also.

Hope this helps.

dee

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> RE: Another cholangitis post (sorry)

I'll give the same advice as before. If it was me, I'd go to the ER -

that's what my hep told me to do. You could easily become septic (it's

happened twice to me), which is much harder to treat and can be fatal.

Granted it may be an inconvenience to the physician(s), but it could be

fatal to you.

Symptoms of sepsis are often related to the underlying infectious

process. When the infection crosses into sepsis, the resulting symptoms are

that of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS): general

inflammation, fever, elevated white blood cell count (leukocytosis), and

raised heart rate (tachycardia) and breathing rate (tachypnea). Secondary to

the above, symptoms also include flu like chill.

The immunological response that causes sepsis is a systemic

inflammatory response causing widespread activation of inflammation and

coagulation pathways. This may progress to dysfunction of the circulatory

system and, even under optimal treatment, may result in the multiple organ

dysfunction syndrome and eventually death.

I don't mean to scare you, but it certainly scared me! I never had a fever

during cholangitis episodes either (sure had the chills).

Arne

56 - UC 1977, PSC 2000

Alive and (mostly) well in Minnesota

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....I don't want to call and bother them again. I kind of wish I'd get

a fever just so I'd know for sure, either that or have everything go

back to normal.

What would you do? Should I just take the cipro and see if it gets

better? I know you aren't medical doctors and stuff but most of you

have went through this...

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