Infection Remedies

 Infection Remedies

A quick preamble:

Yep, here's another one where I can honestly say, "Been there, done that...!"

In fact, I was a pretty sick kid in general and subsequently suffered a whole host of illnesses, bugs, viruses, and hospitalizations... I've written about a few before... and the kidney infection that put me in the hospital for six whole weeks of my young life was probably the most terrifying and longest-lasting illness I had suffered up to that time.

While I don't remember being particularly ill or uncomfortable at the time - ah, the bliss of ignorant (and tenacious) youth - I will absolutely NEVER forget that fateful day visiting a favorite aunt and needing to go "pee" ...it wasn't a normal little boy's pee, it was a full and heavy stream of mostly blood…

... and it scared the life out of me, scared the pants off my poor old mum and dad (well, the stockings in mum's case) and my favorite aunt almost passed out - bless her old heart. !

Cutting to the chase:

I was immediately hospitalized and that was the beginning of my life with a catheter bag and drugs, never being allowed to live out of bed in the children's ward of the local hospital, All Saints Hospital - actually a great hospital, great doctors, amazing (and beautiful) nurses - and the worst food EVER ..!!

Oh yeah, I can't have everything I imagine..!

Back on topic - - Your kidneys have a tough job and they work pretty hard... they are "multi-taskers"... they help flush toxins out of your body by filtering your blood and producing urine and helping with your body's acid balance...

...but as with all your other individual organs they are delicate and if the infected one stops functioning at its optimum - and you can suffer the even worse scenario of a serious "renal" infection like I did... for which you will need to provide immediate MEDICAL attention - or even "kidney failure" if the infection is not destroyed quickly and completely

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Falling Into Depression

Image
   Falling Into Depression Depression causes serious symptoms that affect how you feel, think, and manage your daily activities. Most people experience anxiety or depression at times due to situations in their lives. However, a persistent state of depression can lead to severity.  However, you don't need to use drugs to overcome depression., Feeling several of the following for at least 2 weeks may indicate depression: 1. Loss of interest in daily activities. You no longer care much about social activities, your hobbies, and basically everything your life was about. Nothing brings you pleasure or joy. 2. A feeling of helplessness and hopelessness. The feeling that nothing will give. Nothing ever gets better and all hope is lost. The desperate situation seems to stay there and there is nothing you can do to improve the situation. 3. Self-loathing. You constantly criticize yourself for perceived mistakes and past mistakes. You don't value yourself and feel that you are resp...
Read more

Changing Blood Sugar Levels

Image
   Changing Blood Sugar Levels When controlling type 2 diabetes, the goal is to keep your fasting blood sugar within a reasonable range and at a steady level throughout the day. Researchers at Taichung Veterans General Hospital and various other research facilities in Taiwan found that too much change in blood sugar readings could lead to a higher risk of developing painful peripheral neuropathy. Their study was published in February 2018 in the journal Diabetes and Metabolism.175 participants were diagnosed with painless diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and 351 participants with type 2 diabetes without diabetic neuropathy. Participants who had the highest number of blood sugar changes had more than four times the risk of developing painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy than those who had stable levels. Painful and painless peripheral diabetic neuropathy is caused by high blood sugar damaging the nerves. Preventing this complication of diabetes is one reason to keep your level...
Read more

Depressed Mind

Image
   Depressed Mind It is a constant gnawing and confusion that is hard to explain. Something has started to eat me from the inside and I can't put my finger on it. What is this weight in my head? That's not a headache. I must be sick. Is it a fever coming on? No it is not. I know it will stay with me for a while. I'm afraid? I try to acknowledge its existence. I have been told that understanding itself is medicine. All around it is a descending and lingering gloom. It's like everything around turns gray and black. There is no other color. No additional color is needed. Why do I always feel like crying? There is no obvious reason to cry! However, it is so. The tears have to come out. Suddenly tiredness overcomes. Every ounce of energy is depleted. My limbs are weak and I urgently need sleep. I sleep like there is no tomorrow, with no desire to wake up because there is no longer any desire to see the world. My bed became my Savior. What happened to the hobbies and activiti...
Read more