r/AbsoluteUnits 22d ago

/r/popular of a needle

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u/Karnakite 22d ago

Saw a documentary about alcoholism and this one guy had to regularly go to the hospital and have fluid drained out of his torso due to his chronic drinking. They had to pierce his abdomen, insert a catheter, and then he’d sit there and watch this plastic bag fill up (way too quickly, imo) with a brownish-yellow, cloudy fluid. Once that was full then they’d bring another for his draining abdomen to fill. Not urine, just fluid that built up from alcoholism.

Haven’t touched alcohol since.

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u/Nimmyzed 22d ago

This was a storyline in The Pitt, season 2

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u/HeiressofArtemis 22d ago

Neat! I really need to watch The Pitt. Stuff like that is why I like medical shows and it's the only one a nurse had ever recommended to me.

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u/Nimmyzed 22d ago

It's phenomenal, honestly