poo and blood

[Arctic Char]

when patients' hemorrhoids rupture, why do they never become bacteremic? i mean, direct feces/blood contact?

it must be a "direction of flow" issue . . . the mild hydrostatic pressure of blood preventing colonization or even attachment of microbes within transient fecal material.

these are the things i think about. like Dr Jerry Seinfeld

"what is the deeeaaall with lamshades????"

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[Tired]

when patients' hemorrhoids rupture, why do they never become bacteremic? i mean, direct feces/blood contact?

it must be a "direction of flow" issue . . . the mild hydrostatic pressure of blood preventing colonization or even attachment of microbes within transient fecal material.

these are the things i think about. like Dr Jerry Seinfeld

"what is the deeeaaall with lamshades????"

Remember that bacteremia is not the same thing as sepsis. An immunocompetant human can deal with a degree of bacteremia, that's why we have an immune system.

 

[Arctic Char]

yeah, that occured to me right before you replied.

 

[doctorp82]

"It all comes down to poo"
Anyone seen the recent scrubs episode?

I think Tired's right. Probably an innoculation dose issue.

 

[sponch]

remember also that you become bacteremic every time you brush your teeth. god bless leukocytes.

 

[liverotcod]

remember also that you become bacteremic every time you brush your teeth. god bless leukocytes.

This is why I neither brush my teeth nor defecate. Who needs all that risk.

 

[indo]

Isn't there a buttload of lymphatic tissue in that area too?

 

[Hurricane95]

Maybe because hemorrhoids are minor veins, and not big huge arteries full of oxygenated blood? I have no idea. Kind of like when you scrape your arm and it gets infected...you get inflammation and swelling that is localized to the injury, not full-blown bacteremia.

 

[CoryChevalier]

yeah doctorp82...I think that recent Scrubs episode was one of the funniest things I've ever seen on TV. God I love that show...Probably the best tv episode adaption into a musical too

 

[pagemmapants]

Isn't there a buttload of lymphatic tissue in that area too?

lovely word choice here.

 

[GAdoc]

Ruptured 'rhoids isn't the only thing that can introduce fecal matter to the blood. Eat a bunch of cheese (or whatever your constipating agent of choice may be) and you may get an anal fissure when you try and strain that clay-like feces out. Every time you wipe your a$$ you pull billions of intestinal bacteria across the affected area. I've always wondered how that doesn't cause a serious infection.

I also wonder how I end up posting on threads like this!