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If someone knows this guy, please tell him to consult a physician. Sounds like he may be experiencing rhabdomyolysis. When massive muscle contractions occur inv
by niels_olson 13y ago
If someone knows this guy, please tell him to consult a physician. Sounds like he may be experiencing rhabdomyolysis. When massive muscle contractions occur involuntarily, the fibers tend to break down and those proteins spill into the blood. This spillage may not peak for 12-36 hours. This can clog the kidneys and lead to acute kidney failure, which can then lead to acute heart failure, all told potentially 48 hours out. HN user arn is a nephrologist, he could comment more intelligently.
If anything, he should make sure he's on somebody's radar.
Edit, source: I'm a physician.
- dnautics 13y agoisn't there also a condition where electicical voltage-lysed cells spill out their contents and trigger cascading apoptosis, leading to death, but only after a few days? I don't know if there's a prophylaxis for this, but if there is, it might seem prudent.
- niels_olson 13y agoRhabdo is probably what you're thinking of. As a minor point, traumatic cell death is generally considered necrotic, not apoptotic. Apoptosis is programmed cell death.
- dnautics 13y agoYeah I was under the impression that the initial trauma released specific factors into the blood that trigger apoptosis away from the trauma site... But I guess rhabdo is what I was thinking of.