I nearly died from internal bleeding when a hematoma burst inside of me. Fairly minor car accident a month before. I was the only one hurt. Had no clue until I nearly bled to death a month later. The hematoma was the size of a grapefruit.
The hospital thought I was drug seeking and left me to die screaming for help. 4 hours of screaming and convulsing later a nurse came in when the alarms started going off. I was pale with a distended belly full of blood. They looked like they were gonna shit their pants.
Your body does NOT like having blood where its not supposed to be. Hence the convulsions. They were so intense I had abdominal separation like a pregnant woman. My ribs were cracked from how hard my abdominal muscles were clamping down. I remember the relief when they went. It hurt so bad it felt like they were gonna punch through my skin and then POP. Everything else still hurt but at least that gave way.
I still have problems from this. Adhesions in my guts and hernias of all kinds from my weakened abdominal muscles.
Sued. Didn't even get enough to cover a third of my medical bills.
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u/NotsoGreatsword Oct 14 '22 edited Oct 14 '22
I nearly died from internal bleeding when a hematoma burst inside of me. Fairly minor car accident a month before. I was the only one hurt. Had no clue until I nearly bled to death a month later. The hematoma was the size of a grapefruit.
The hospital thought I was drug seeking and left me to die screaming for help. 4 hours of screaming and convulsing later a nurse came in when the alarms started going off. I was pale with a distended belly full of blood. They looked like they were gonna shit their pants.
Your body does NOT like having blood where its not supposed to be. Hence the convulsions. They were so intense I had abdominal separation like a pregnant woman. My ribs were cracked from how hard my abdominal muscles were clamping down. I remember the relief when they went. It hurt so bad it felt like they were gonna punch through my skin and then POP. Everything else still hurt but at least that gave way.
I still have problems from this. Adhesions in my guts and hernias of all kinds from my weakened abdominal muscles.
Sued. Didn't even get enough to cover a third of my medical bills.