Manipal Hospital Broadway Saved a Teenage Patient from Potentially Fatal Rhabdomyolysis

News Desk, News Nation 360 : A sixteen-year-old student who complained of excruciating pain and weakness in both legs was taken to the emergency room of Manipal Hospital Broadway. With no movement of his legs, his thigh and calf muscles were taut. When he began to pass dark red urine, his family were concerned. The youngster recovered within 72 hours of admission and was released thanks to the quick diagnosis, R.I.C.E. (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) treatment, and timely, thoughtful IV fluid delivery by Internal Medicine Consultant Dr. Subhasis Ganguly. The standard X student complained of tight legs, excruciating pain, and weakness after engaging in intense and unfamiliar exercise for an extended period without adequate fluids. When he complained of passing dark red urine, his health deteriorated. Acute rhabdomyolysis was diagnosed right away. Muscular trauma resulting in acute kidney and liver impairment caused the CPK (creatinine phosphokinase) level, which is normally between 300 and 400, to rise to 88,000 due to acute muscle injury and muscle fibre breakdown. Dr Subhasis Ganguly, Consultant Internal Medicine, Manipal Hospital, Broadway, stated that Myoglobinuria, or reddish urine, is caused by acute muscle injury and muscle fibre breakdown, which results in an initial inflammatory response and muscle protein entering the bloodstream and being filtered out. It is always advised to avoid prolonged, unusual exertion without rehydration because the boy's condition could have been fatal due to severe renal and hepatic injury. Normalcy was gradually restored, nevertheless, by rapid fluid and electrolyte replenishment. Along with other blood parameters, his CPK levels have returned to normal. The boy received counselling as well because he was pretty anxious and scared, but on the day of discharge, he was able to walk when his legs were mobilised, and he felt a great sense of relief as he walked home.

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