On 5/3/2021 10:28 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Mon, 3 May 2021 14:50:00 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> says...
>>>
>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> I missed a few more meals because they were hoping to something that
>>>> involved knocking me out. It got to the point that I didn't mind
>>>> missing meals because they were so small and so horrible I was not
>>>> missing much. Between the lack of food, the missed meals and being
>>>> pumped full od diuretics, I dropped more than 20 pounds over the 6 days
>>>> I was there.
>>>
>>> Correct me if I've missed something but spending 6 days in the hospital
>>> for serious heart problems and they allowed you to lose more than 20
>>> pounds? That doesn't sound like very good health care to me.
>>
>> That's because you're an ignoramus about human biology,
>> Gary. "Diuretics" should have been a clue.
>>
>> https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide-heart-failure
>>
>> One of the effects of heart failure is the accumulation
>> of huge amounts of excess fluid in many parts of the body.
>> Belly, hands. feet ,legs etc fill up with water. Water is
>> heavy.
>>
>> A diuretic is a medication that stimulates the body to
>> reverse the process, by making the kidneys work hard so
>> you pee more. More pee reduces fluid retention = rapid
>> weight loss.
>>
>> Janet.
>
> Depends... water weighs about 8.5 pounds per gallon. Actually most
> water loss is through perspiration and respiration, it's difficult to
> urinate a gallon in a relatively short time.
>
You've obviously not known someone who was hospitalized for a serious
heart condition. Diuretics are prescribed to reduce and prevent fluid
build up around the heart (among other places in the body). My SO has
to take diuretics. He hates it because they make him have to urinate
all the damn time but excess fluid in the pericardium can be extremely
dangerous.

Jill