A man in China suffers a ruptured bladder as a result of his shingles infection. A complication that is fortunately rare.
One man knew it would be so dramatic China didn’t see it coming: when the 77-year-old contracted shingles, he also had trouble urinating. He goes to the hospital.
Upon examination, doctors found his abdomen “distended and tender,” according to the journal “Infection and Drug Resistance” is. This especially in the region below the stomach. In addition, his heart rate, his blood pressure and his breathing rate unusually high.
Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) — the same virus that causes chickenpox. Once sick, the pathogen stays in the body for life. Many years later, the virus can become active again and trigger shingles (herpes zoster): a mostly strip-shaped skin rash with blisters that is often very painful. The rash usually appears on only one side of the body. The trunk, arms and legs are most commonly affected, but the painful blisters can also appear on the neck and face.
tear in the bladder
The CT (computed tomography) scan shows that there is a large amount of fluid in the man’s abdomen and pelvis. “Suspected bladder rupture,” the doctors note. The 77-year-old is then on the intensive care unit relocated, where a catheter is placed. When the bladder is emptied after three hours, the doctors find the cause of the problem: his bladder has a tear that is almost two centimeters long. In a OP the doctors can close the tear. Several weeks later, the patient has to Hospital staying to recover from the surgery and his shingles. Fortunately, the man can regain full bladder function, the case report authors write.
Woman wakes up during surgery and experiences pure horror
Rare case
According to Jiaguo Huang’s team at Hangzhou Normal University’s Affiliated Xiaoshan Hospital, shingles was the cause of the bladder rupture. In rare cases, the infection can lead to so-called urinary retention, in which the bladder urination insufficiently emptied or not emptied at all. The team ruled out other possible causes.
one in the “Archives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAccording to a published report, such a complication is relatively rare, such as Livescience.com writes: In the medical center examined, it occurred in only four percent of the shingles patients. In those who have shingles in the lower area spine and the sacrum developed, the rate was around 28 percent.
According to Jiaguo Huang’s team, the 77-year-old’s type 2 diabetes could also have played a role. Diabetes can cause nerve damage, resulting in people losing the ability to sense when their bladder is full.