• SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz
    131·
    2 hours ago

    I was shitting blood, turned grey, and fainted in public. I did go the hospital. They literally said “idk” and sent me home with a 4000$ bill. It kept happening.

    Went to a specialist that also resulted in a literal “idk”, and they wouldn’t clear a colonoscopy because I am “too young” and “don’t have a family history.” I was begging them to figure it out because this was a fucking nightmare. Nope. At least the bill was 400$ this time around.

    It kept happening for over a year at random. Actually terrifying.

    FINALLY, I put myself on a diet of oatmeal and water for a month and slowly introduced new foods every week. I was curious to know if maybe certain foods triggered it?

    Turns out: yes. I triggered a reaction using one of my favorite foods/ingredients. No idea why, but I had developed some kind of severe intolerance to it. And I had to figure it out myself.

  • 58008@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 hours ago

    I’m currently pissing blood on the regular and I have free healthcare, so I think this is more of a “dumb dude” thing than an “American with an overdraft” thing.

    I will go to the doc eventually, but I need more. I can’t be turning up there with one thing to report. I need stabbing pains, memory loss, night terrors and maybe some jaundice before I pick up the phone.

    I know I can’t die early, because I’m not getting off that easy. So I’m safe for the time being 👍🙃

    • FrederikNJS@lemm.ee
      4·
      1 hour ago

      Can confirm, dude is indeed dumb ;-)

      If symptoms linked to kidney failure isn’t enough to send you to the doctor…

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
      44·
      8 hours ago

      Yeah I’m pretty sure that’s a key sign of kidney failure. It can happen rarely in cases of some crazy workouts, but if this dude is saying all the time then it’s probably something worse.

      • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        18·
        7 hours ago

        Also could be a UTI or STI(s). Or he eats beets all the time and isn’t particularly bright. Could be anything, spin the wheel of medical disasters!

        • evidences@lemmy.world
          5·
          4 hours ago

          Friend of mine had strep throat as a kid and it somehow ended up infecting his kidneys causing him to piss blood, he’s fine now.

      • jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        27·
        8 hours ago

        It can happen rarely in cases of some crazy workouts

        If anyone’s curious about why:

        Muscles break down during workouts. They release myoglobin, which is a large protein. The kidneys can usually filter it in small quantities.

        If you go too hard and give yourself rhabdomyolysis, your body releases a large quantity of myoglobin and it overloads the kidneys. Large proteins begin passing through the nephrons en masse and damaging them because they’re too big.

        Now your kidneys are unable to filter properly because the nephrons cannot contract to prevent excess fluids or particles from going into your urine.

        • drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          1·
          1 hour ago

          Large proteins begin passing through the nephrons en masse and damaging them because they’re too big.

          Just in case this isn’t enough warning, note that this can permanently reduce your kidney function and harm your body in other ways as well.

          I know it’s very unlikely for anyone here to do this, but if this happens you aren’t just having a “crazy workout” you are giving yourself an injury and possibly permanently affecting your future health. So please don’t exercise until you piss blood.