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Heart attack complications
Dear lovely people,
My father is in a very critical situation!
he had an Angina attack 8 days ago,
he has a pacemaker
after the attack:
kidneys failure
Low blood pressure
artificial respiratory system
he was aware, he used to recognise his children while looking at them
in the day 5:
blood pressure begun to be better (90/100)
so the doctors decided to do the cath followed by 2 hours of kidney dialysis..
no heart veins were closed during the cath
in the dialysis, his blood pressure became to be higher, we were happy of this small progress
day 6:
3 hours dialysis,
afternoon he had electric brain shocks (I was very sad, I thought that his brain was better before)
day 7:
3 hours dialysis
electric shocks
we don't know now how his brain is damaged, and hopefully not!!!
and now he has a fever of 38,5 (they are doing a culture to see if he got an infection in the ICU)
till now the kidneys are not functioning!
I don't want to be desperate, I don;t want to loose hope
I want to see what are the possibilities that my father will stay alive!!!
he was doing better the first days, why he collapsed later!!!!
Questions:
1- what is the important good thing to happen now? (kidney functioning)?
2- is it common that one receives electric shock after a heart attack?
3- how normal is the fever that he had later?
4- if the kidney functions, will other problems will get resolved?
5- do you think that the ICU are committing errors?
Any answer to any question would be so much appreciated...
love
My father is in a very critical situation!
he had an Angina attack 8 days ago,
he has a pacemaker
after the attack:
kidneys failure
Low blood pressure
artificial respiratory system
he was aware, he used to recognise his children while looking at them
in the day 5:
blood pressure begun to be better (90/100)
so the doctors decided to do the cath followed by 2 hours of kidney dialysis..
no heart veins were closed during the cath
in the dialysis, his blood pressure became to be higher, we were happy of this small progress
day 6:
3 hours dialysis,
afternoon he had electric brain shocks (I was very sad, I thought that his brain was better before)
day 7:
3 hours dialysis
electric shocks
we don't know now how his brain is damaged, and hopefully not!!!
and now he has a fever of 38,5 (they are doing a culture to see if he got an infection in the ICU)
till now the kidneys are not functioning!
I don't want to be desperate, I don;t want to loose hope
I want to see what are the possibilities that my father will stay alive!!!
he was doing better the first days, why he collapsed later!!!!
Questions:
1- what is the important good thing to happen now? (kidney functioning)?
2- is it common that one receives electric shock after a heart attack?
3- how normal is the fever that he had later?
4- if the kidney functions, will other problems will get resolved?
5- do you think that the ICU are committing errors?
Any answer to any question would be so much appreciated...
love
Oh! I read your comment just now!
Thanks for your response, I was quite anxious that period... However, my father couldn't do it.. and I lost him the day after my post.. he was in a real severe condition.
Thanks again
love
Thanks for your response, I was quite anxious that period... However, my father couldn't do it.. and I lost him the day after my post.. he was in a real severe condition.
Thanks again
love
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hello, understand your anxiety. But it is difficult to tell exactly what the prognosis will be as there is multisystem failure. Depending on the severity of the myocardial attack, the cardiac output is affected and this in turn will affect the perfusion of major organs like the kidneys, the lungs and the brain. Electrical activity initiated in the brain can result in convulsions. This occurs due to many causes like electrolyte imbalance or infections or hemorrhage. So, now the focus will be on maintaining support and keeping his vitals stable. Hope he gets well soon. Regards.
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