Contents:
- Medical Video: How Long Do You Stay In The Hospital After A Hip Replacement?
- You need to be hospitalized if you experience ...
- 1. Diarrhea and vomiting
- 2. Heart failure
- 3. Pneumonia
- 4. Septicemia
- 5. Kidney failure
- 6. Anemia
- 7. Tuberculosis (TBC)
- 8. Stroke
- 9. Born dead
- 10. Internal bleeding
Medical Video: How Long Do You Stay In The Hospital After A Hip Replacement?
Doctors will usually advise you to hospitalize alias hospitalization if the disease is severe enough. Hospitalization is also done as a preventive measure to prevent disease transmission. So, what diseases require the person to stay at the hospital?
You need to be hospitalized if you experience ...
Infectious diseases are the main cause of most cases of hospitalization in hospitals. Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that of a total of 57 million deaths in 2008, 36 million died from infectious diseases. That is why infectious diseases need extra handling to improve the quality of life of patients.
Even so, hospitalization referrals are not only limited to cases of infectious diseases. The following are some of the diseases that are common in Indonesia and require those with hospitalization.
1. Diarrhea and vomiting
You will not be immediately hospitalized if you have diarrhea or vomiting because most of the cases can heal quickly with simple home remedies. But if the disease does not heal, it gets worse, or you experience symptoms of dehydration, then the doctor will refer you to hospitalization.
The total number of hospitalized patients from these two diseases in 2009-2010 reached 3.38%, according to Ministry of Health data. Muntaber and diarrhea can attack anyone indiscriminately, from babies, children and adults. But compared to adults, children and infants are the age group most often hospitalized because of these two digestive diseases.
2. Heart failure
Heart failure is a condition that makes the heart muscle stop working, so that the heart cannot pump blood properly. Common signs of heart failure are shortness of breath, fatigue, and swelling of the legs, abdomen, ankles, or lower back area.
When the heart fails to function, you need to be hospitalized so that the team of doctors can continue to monitor your condition and prevent its progress from getting worse so it is not fatal. The percentage of hospitalizations for patients with heart failure in Indonesia is around 2.71 percent.
3. Pneumonia
Pneumonia is a lung infection caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi. The typical symptom of this disease is "wet lungs", when inflammation of the infection causes the lungs to produce more mucus.
The initial stage of pneumonia can still be treated with outpatient treatment and taking antibiotics such as amoxicillin. However, if the fever continues to rise above 40ºC despite taking medication, experiencing shortness of breath, and continuing to cough without stopping, the doctor will recommend that you enter hospitalization. During hospitalization, the doctor's team will install an IV to prevent dehydration and an oxygen breathing aid if needed.
Infants, young children, and adults aged 65 years and over are a group of people at high risk for hospitalization when pneumonia, regardless of body condition and severity of symptoms.
4. Septicemia
Septicemia (sepsis) is blood poisoning which is a complication of infection or injury. Sepsis can be fatal. Symptoms of sepsis include fever, difficulty breathing, abdominal pain, and abnormal heartbeat.
Inflammation caused by sepsis can damage various organ systems and cause failure of bodily organs.
Without medical treatment, sepsi can develop into more severeseptic shock and cause death in the end. That is why people with this condition usually have to undergo hospitalization.
5. Kidney failure
Kidneys that fail to function cannot filter poisons. Poisons in the body over time can cause damage to other organs in the body. This disease develops very quickly, can continue to worsen in a matter of days or even within hours and has the potential to cause complications.
That's why people who experience kidney failure need to be hospitalized. Upon returning from the hospital, the patient must also remain outpatient so that the doctor can monitor the progress of his condition. Is it getting better or needs more specific follow-up treatment.
Be aware of symptoms of kidney failure, such as the body feels weak, shortness of breath, abdominal pain, itchy skin, swollen ankles and hands, frequent muscle spasms, and others to immediately examine the doctor.
6. Anemia
Most cases of anemia do not need hospitalization. But if your anemia symptoms are so severe that you cause a decrease / loss of consciousness, an abnormal change in heart rate, until a serious respiratory disorder (can't breathe), you will be advised to stay in hospital until the condition returns to recovery.
7. Tuberculosis (TBC)
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterial infection that usually attacks the lungs, but can also attack other organs such as the heart and bones.
TB infection is highly contagious, so people with the disease will be advised to hospitalize quarantine bacteria. Especially if the symptoms of tuberculosis actually get worse even though they had previously taken medication and routinely went out for treatment.
8. Stroke
Stroke is an injury to the brain due to impaired blood flow. Brain cells that don't get enough nutritious blood flow will slowly die in a few minutes. If it is not quickly treated, a stroke can cause permanent brain damage or even death.
That's why patients who have a stroke must immediately get a doctor's treatment. Usually patients will be advised to hospitalize as well as physical therapy so that their body functions can return to normal.
Symptoms of a stroke can occur suddenly. Symptoms include dizziness, tingling or numbness in parts of the body, and missing the ability to move the face, arms, or legs.
9. Born dead
Babies who die at more than 20 weeks' gestation are called stillbirths or stillbirth. Stillbirths can be caused by various things, such as the condition of the mother, fetus, and also the problem of the placenta.
Mothers who have to undergo labor to exclude stillbirths are required to hospitalize afterwards. The aim is to restore the physical health of the mother after giving birth.
10. Internal bleeding
Deep bleeding occurs in tissues, organs, or body cavities that are injured or traumatized. For example accidents, blunt blows, or side effects of hard drugs.
Because it occurs in the body, this bleeding is difficult to detect and diagnose, unlike outside bleeding that penetrates the skin.
In this condition, the patient requires hospitalization so the doctor can find out the cause and source of the bleeding, repair the damage caused by bleeding, and prevent the condition from getting worse.
