January 31, 20196 yr 8 minutes ago, Texas Wahoo said: If we're guessing, I'll guess a bad case of mono.
January 31, 20196 yr 2 minutes ago, MoJames said: Flu would be unlikely. He isn't 3 or 65. ah, so you don’t follow the news.
January 31, 20196 yr 3 minutes ago, futureman said: ah, so you don’t follow the news. Nope they tend to sensationalize stuff. https://gis.cdc.gov/GRASP/Fluview/FluHospRates.html
January 31, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, Teamdirtyleg said: I was trying to post something like this but couldn't figure out how to not sound like an insensitive dick. Thanks Digdogger never worries about things like that. It’s why we love him.
January 31, 20196 yr 32 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said: Since we’re throwing out differentials I’ll go with something between GERD and syphilis This, he probably picked something up from all that UT sniz.
January 31, 20196 yr Sniz is an underused word in my lexicon. I'm a little late in my 2019 new years resolution, but sometimes procrastination pays off.
January 31, 20196 yr 37 minutes ago, MoJames said: Nope they tend to sensationalize stuff. https://gis.cdc.gov/GRASP/Fluview/FluHospRates.html So...just so we're clear, you said it's unlikely he was hospitalized because he's not under 3 or over 65. You then say you don't follow the news, but provided a chart with week by week data of flu hospitalizations the last several months by age group. And overall (including the ages you've excluded), the number of people hospitalized with the Flu has gone up from .1 per 100,000 from the first week of October, to to 14.8 for the week ending in January 19th. For the record, that is an increase of 148x. So, you know, not nothing. Ages 5-17 up 57x Ages 18-49 up 70x Ages 50-64 up 198x In terms of real numbers (based on a current US population of 325,700,000): Ages 5-17: From 32.5 people a week to 1856.49 people a week Ages 18-49: From 32.5 people a week to 2292.5 people a week Ages 50-64: From 32.5 people a week 6448.85 people a week. I mean. That seems pretty sensational to me. Also, I appreciate the link you provided that soundly disproves your point.
January 31, 20196 yr 2 hours ago, Walden Ponderer said: Why would you not want to sound like an insensitive dick? Did you not check the URL you were typing when you got here? I guess two or so comments above that where I said thought, prayers and good vibrations I, for a moment, believed it.
January 31, 20196 yr 9 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said: So...just so we're clear, you said it's unlikely he was hospitalized because he's not under 3 or over 65. You then say you don't follow the news, but provided a chart with week by week data of flu hospitalizations the last several months by age group. And overall (including the ages you've excluded), the number of people hospitalized with the Flu has gone up from .1 per 100,000 from the first week of October, to to 14.8 for the week ending in January 19th. For the record, that is an increase of 148x. So, you know, not nothing. Ages 5-17 up 57x Ages 18-49 up 70x Ages 50-64 up 198x In terms of real numbers (based on a current US population of 325,700,000): Ages 5-17: From 32.5 people a week to 1856.49 people a week Ages 18-49: From 32.5 people a week to 2292.5 people a week Ages 50-64: From 32.5 people a week 6448.85 people a week. I mean. That seems pretty sensational to me. Also, I appreciate the link you provided that soundly disproves your point. So you’re saying they fixed the vaccine issue from last season? Tight.
January 31, 20196 yr Maybe he was partying and took some Viagra and at his young age his boner won't go away and they had to rush him in to ER for relief.
January 31, 20196 yr 21 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said: So...just so we're clear, you said it's unlikely he was hospitalized because he's not under 3 or over 65. You then say you don't follow the news, but provided a chart with week by week data of flu hospitalizations the last several months by age group. And overall (including the ages you've excluded), the number of people hospitalized with the Flu has gone up from .1 per 100,000 from the first week of October, to to 14.8 for the week ending in January 19th. For the record, that is an increase of 148x. So, you know, not nothing. Ages 5-17 up 57x Ages 18-49 up 70x Ages 50-64 up 198x In terms of real numbers (based on a current US population of 325,700,000): Ages 5-17: From 32.5 people a week to 1856.49 people a week Ages 18-49: From 32.5 people a week to 2292.5 people a week Ages 50-64: From 32.5 people a week 6448.85 people a week. I mean. That seems pretty sensational to me. Also, I appreciate the link you provided that soundly disproves your point. It requires a bit less insight, but the fact remains the vast majority of hospital admissions for infuenza are not at the age of 18. I'm not attempting to downplay influenza by any means, lost several members to it. My point simply is there are quite a few much more common admissions to a hospital for an 18 year old (suicidal attempt, drug overdose, appendicitis). As well, comparing flu admissions in October to flu admissions in January and not expecting a substantial jump suggests you are not in the medical field.
January 31, 20196 yr 8 minutes ago, RabidM said: Flu talk will get this thread to 1000 dammit! if this thread gets to 1000 pages I’ll shit in a bowl and eat it.
January 31, 20196 yr 9 minutes ago, MoJames said: It requires a bit less insight, but the fact remains the vast majority of hospital admissions for infuenza are not at the age of 18. I'm not attempting to downplay influenza by any means, lost several members to it. My point simply is there are quite a few much more common admissions to a hospital for an 18 year old (suicidal attempt, drug overdose, appendicitis). As well, comparing flu admissions in October to flu admissions in January and not expecting a substantial jump suggests you are not in the medical field. It was reported as "illness" so I ruled out OD, accident and self-inflicted injury. So after an appendix, flu is pretty high on the list of potential illnesses even for a young person.
January 31, 20196 yr Meningitis should be in the differential too. And skin infection. And asthma exacerbation.
January 31, 20196 yr 12 minutes ago, futureman said: if this thread gets to 1000 pages I’ll shit in a bowl and eat it. Ahh, an aristocrat. Normally that sort of thing just requires a napkin.
January 31, 20196 yr 10 minutes ago, Magus Ossis said: And asthma exacerbation. Ain't nobody gonna go to the hospital for rubbin' one out.
January 31, 20196 yr 11 minutes ago, Magus Ossis said: Meningitis should be in the differential too. And skin infection. And asthma exacerbation. Complications of diabetes should be in the mix as well.
January 31, 20196 yr 50 minutes ago, futureman said: if this thread gets to 1000 pages I’ll shit in a bowl and eat it. Now I am hoping he wins the Heisman in 4 years.
January 31, 20196 yr 5 minutes ago, Sejjr said: Now I am hoping he wins the Heisman in 4 years. I’ll do it, too. livestream
February 1, 20196 yr Yeah, that sounds like it could even be something like sarcoma. "Horrible" is not usually used to describe the sorts of illnesses that befall otherwise apparently healthy teenagers.
February 1, 20196 yr I’m gonna go off the board and go with something more acutely dangerous, given that he needs to “pull through”. Brain bleed of some kind. Aneurysm or congenital abnormality Prayers up, in any case. Edited February 1, 20196 yr by GRHorn
February 1, 20196 yr 2 hours ago, Magus Ossis said: Meningitis should be in the differential too. And skin infection. And asthma exacerbation. I’m not pre-med but for some reason this immediately popped in my mind. Really hope we get a good update.
February 1, 20196 yr Skin infection is a good guess too. Basically sepsis of any origin would fit the timeline and story so far.
February 1, 20196 yr As long as he wasn't stupid enough to imitate drake and jump out of a moving car, or eat a tide pod, he'll be okay. I have it on good authority.
February 1, 20196 yr Damn, hope the best for the young man. Sounds like his life is genuinely in peril.
February 1, 20196 yr Not a sickness, apparently. Major emergency surgery indicates an event has occurred that is of a life threatening nature. Many thoughts and prayers that it is being handled appropriately and timely and a full recovery to follow. Good luck and best wishes to him and his family.
February 1, 20196 yr IF it's an appendicitis, I had a nasty abscess that kept me in over a week. No laproscoptic but full straight incision. The worst part wasn't any of that, it was the dye that they shoot up your ass, leave it in there for 20 minutes while doing an MRI (I think that's it , couldn't bring metal in there) to map my innards to diagnose the appendicitis.
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