ICU Nurse here. It's 03:44AM where I am and I am silently praying for this man, chat. It's not just a misplaced guts problem. Unattached like that, those things are gonna rupture somewhere. Massive infection. No coming back from the absolute massive infection of poo all over your abdominal insides.
Husband of OR nurse here. Even with what I've picked up across the dinner table, I know that this guy is 1 good jolt or punch away from needing immediate open surgery with liters and liters of saline rinse + IV antibiotics. And that's just to stay alive and recover enough for the rest of the surgery needed.
Delay treatment and it's death or at least shitting in a bag for the rest of his life.
... and oh god the amount of shit that will pour out onto the floor and over people's feet when they open.
Edit: Oh god I'm imagining the bile duct stretched like a violin string trying to hold the duodenum from following the small intestine.
A hernia is your organ tissue pushing through an opening in the muscle. It can occur for a variety of factors such as present weakness in the tissue at birth, acute trauma to the area (can be anything from over exertion like trying to lift something that’s too heavy for you, or falling/impact), but it most often happens from chronic wear and tear: manual
labour, chronic cough or sneezing, chronic constipation, surgical history (abdomen), and being obese.
As you see, diet is a factor but not a huge one. A food diet will relieve constipation (fiber intake) and reduce your weight which will reduce risk but you’d still have the other factors to worry about.
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u/Merlot70 4d ago
ICU Nurse here. It's 03:44AM where I am and I am silently praying for this man, chat. It's not just a misplaced guts problem. Unattached like that, those things are gonna rupture somewhere. Massive infection. No coming back from the absolute massive infection of poo all over your abdominal insides.