blacked out and dehydrated (Page 1)

Hi

Did they run any type of scan in the ER to check for a kidney stone?

Hi; and yes they did,they fully cheched me out .kidneys and blader was ok..any thought on what caused this to happen in the 1st place ? it was just out of the blue.

I'm not to sure, my first thought was a kidney stone. Some people get very tiny stones with little or no pain. It's possible you had a small one that caused you to be unable to pee making you black out...then again it can be unrelated.

Did you start any new medications or eat anything different?
Were you feeling sick prior to this ,flu or ear pain, dizziness?

back again, just got back from the urologest , they said that my blood count is on the low side and has been, they took the catherder out and i still can't pee on my own, so the doc said that they are going to have to reem me out in about 3 weeks or so. so could this low blood count be the cause of me fainting ? and the sweating like a dog ? could that be part of being dehydrated ? thanks . deleterman.

Low blood count can be the reason for passing out.
Did they say if your WBC or RBC is low?

If you are sweating then yes it can be the cause of dehydration...it's like being outside in the sun sweating, we are told to drink more fluids when we are outside to prevent dehydration.

What are the doctors going to do? Are they going to have you wait 3 weeks even though you are having problems peeing?

yes i have a bag on now so i just go into this bag and the doc said that he is going to opperate in about 3 weeks to reem out my prostrate. getting back to the start of this the only time that i broke out in a sweet was when i blacked out in the first place but i knew what was going on the hole time i just couldn't do anything about it and just fell. about the blood count i think it was RBC , he also took me off flowmax, i was on a double dose and he said its wasn't doing any good anyway.could make me light headed..does that give you a clue to what started this?? thanks deleterman.

If your RBC are low that can cause you to pass out. If your iron is too low or B 12 deficient those are a couple things that can cause blacking out.
The Flowmax might have been too strong of a dose causing you not to pee.

It sounds like you had a drop in your blood pressure now that I think about this more.

thanks for your responce; yes the rbc is just a tad on the low side i don't know about the iron or b-12 thing no one said anything about that.the flomax dose was upped by the doc in the er. but now i'm off of that..i still feel tired and no get up and go..so i hope that after the opperation i will never have this happen again.any thoughts on this ? what can i do now ? thanks . deleterman.

With a low blood count whether it's red or white cells it will make you feel tired.
As for the low iron or B12 they run special tests to check for those.
I think the best thing you can do is rest, if the fatigue is really getting to you give your doctor a call.

Keep us posted....good luck with the operation.

thanks for your response.i did not know that. i try to get as much rest as i can stand. if i stand to much my feet swell and i lay down and put them up, that helps some , i don't take long walks like i did before this happend . so i can't wait to get back on track. any thoughts on this? thanks . deleterman.

It sounds like you are retaining some fluid which is going to happen because you've been unable to pee, even with the bag. Do you still have the catheter in?
If so this might need to be checked to make sure it is draining properly.
One of the times I was catheterized it kinked inside causing me to swell and gain loads of weight. They had to remove it and put another one in.
It's going to take some time for the fluid to get out of your system.

Did you tell the doctor about the swelling of your feet?
He might want to put you on a directic.

thanks for your response;yes i still have a catheter in and monday had the old one removed and a new one installed..and i think that the new one is draining good , but i did see my doc just before all this happend and told her that my feet was swelling and she took me off of the simastatin that i was takeing, it was a low dose 10mg.. she did say it would take some time before i see any change..anyway i only take two pills now-5mg finastide and 20mg lisinopril..other than that i'm ok but just tired.i thought by now i would be back to my old self.i feel ok just tired.any thoughts on this ? thanks deleterman.

How old are you? Can we rule out prostate gald problems. Obviously you are retaining water for some reason. Do you drink enough water during the day? You know the body is 70% water.
Please let us know how your fair out.

I'M 67 and the doc said that my prostate is enlarged . yes i'm drinking more water now than i ever did.i still have the catheter in and the bag.all my test that i had done just the other day came back ok.so now they are going to set me up to have me have the roto rooter job. what do you think about that ? deleterman.

thank you so much for your response.

You may also want to back off on your fluid intake until you have the prostate procedure. You can be adding pressure on your kidneys from the urine not being able to pass as quickly.
Good luck with the operation

thanks for getting back to me , I still have the cathater in and the bag , 24/7 , i drink about 4- 16 oz of pure water a day now. is that too much ? at most before was 1-2 a day. but when i got up this morning the bag had about 1300 ml . so now before i go to bed i'm cuttin back on my water. lets say 3 hrs or so i will stop drinking . what do you think about that ? thank you so much. deleterman.

Cutting back on the fluids is not a bad idea.
You should ask your doctor just to make sure this is OK. I was told with my kidney disease that I need to limit my fluid intake because it puts to much pressure on my kidneys.

When are you going in?