I'm hoping one of the folks here will be able to give me a clearer idea of how serious or not this incident is, all I know is that my father isn't telling me much 'to keep me from worrying', and frankly that just makes my imagination go into overdrive.
As a result of a new medication his specialist put him on (sorry don't know details) he had a reaction with high blood pressure and apparently some kidney function problem. They've been running lots of tests and earlier this week apparently when they were analysing the latest of the blood tests, there was something sufficiently abnormal that they rang him and told him to get to a hospital right away. Based on what he said I think it was a high potassium level. The hospital monitored him for the day/night, ran lots of tests and released him the next day saying he was alright (or so I was told), but with some warnings about eating/drinking fruit/veges.
Just how serious is it for that sort of reaction, or is it normal for labs/drs to be over cautious with any deviations?
As a result of a new medication his specialist put him on (sorry don't know details) he had a reaction with high blood pressure and apparently some kidney function problem. They've been running lots of tests and earlier this week apparently when they were analysing the latest of the blood tests, there was something sufficiently abnormal that they rang him and told him to get to a hospital right away. Based on what he said I think it was a high potassium level. The hospital monitored him for the day/night, ran lots of tests and released him the next day saying he was alright (or so I was told), but with some warnings about eating/drinking fruit/veges.
Just how serious is it for that sort of reaction, or is it normal for labs/drs to be over cautious with any deviations?
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