10 Conditions that require you to be hospitalized

Doctors will usually recommend that you be hospitalized or hospitalized if the disease is severe enough. Hospitalization is also carried out as a preventive measure to prevent disease transmission. So, what diseases require the sufferer to stay in the hospital?

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Infectious diseases are the main cause of most hospital admissions. Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that out of a total of 57 million deaths in 2008, 36 million people died from infectious diseases. That is why infectious diseases need extra care to improve the patient's quality of life.

Even so, hospitalization referrals are not only limited to cases of infectious diseases. The following are some of the common diseases that occur in Indonesia and require that people be hospitalized.

1. Diarrhea and vomiting

You won't be hospitalized right away if you have diarrhea or vomiting as most cases resolve quickly with simple home remedies. However, if the disease does not go away, it gets worse, or you experience symptoms of dehydration, then the doctor will refer you for hospitalization.

The total number of hospitalized patients for these two diseases in 2009-2010 was 3.38%, according to Ministry of Health data. Diarrhea and vomiting can affect anyone indiscriminately, from infants, children, and adults. However, compared to adults, children and infants are the most frequently hospitalized age groups for these two digestive diseases.

2. Heart failure

Heart failure is a condition that makes the heart muscle stop working, so the heart can't pump blood properly. Common signs of heart failure are shortness of breath, fatigue, and swelling of the legs, abdomen, ankles, or lower back area.

When your heart fails to function, you need to be hospitalized so that a team of doctors can continue to monitor your condition and prevent it from getting worse so that it is not fatal. The percentage of hospitalized patients with heart failure conditions in Indonesia is around 2.71 percent.

3. Pneumonia

Pneumonia is a lung infection caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi. The typical symptom of this disease is "wet lung", when the inflammatory inflammation causes the lungs to produce more mucus.

Early stages of pneumonia can still be treated with outpatient treatment and taking antibiotics such as amoxicillin. However, if the fever continues to rise above 40ºC despite taking medication, experiencing shortness of breath, and continuing to cough non-stop, the doctor will recommend that you be admitted to the hospital. During the hospitalization, the team of doctors will put in an IV to prevent dehydration and a breathing aid through an oxygen tube if needed.

Infants, young children, and adults aged 65 years and over are a group of people who are at high risk for hospitalization with pneumonia, regardless of their body condition and the severity of their symptoms.

4. Septicemia

Septicemia (sepsis) is blood poisoning that complicates infection or injury. Sepsis can be fatal. Symptoms of sepsis include fever, difficulty breathing, stomach pain, and an abnormal heartbeat.

Inflammation caused by sepsis can damage various organ systems and lead to organ failure.

Without medical treatment, sepsi can get worseseptic shock and cause death in the end. That is why, people with this condition usually have to be hospitalized.

5. Kidney failure

Kidneys that fail to function cannot filter out toxins. The accumulation of toxins in the body can cause damage to other organs in the body. This disease progresses very quickly, can continue to worsen within days or even hours and has the potential to cause complications.

That's why people with kidney failure need to be hospitalized. Upon returning from the hospital, the patient must also continue to seek outpatient treatment so that doctors can monitor the progress of his condition. Is it getting better or needs more specific follow-up treatment.

Watch out for symptoms of kidney failure, such as weakness, shortness of breath, abdominal pain, itchy skin, swollen ankles and hands, frequent muscle spasms, etc. to check with your doctor immediately.

6. Anemia

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Most cases of anemia do not require hospitalization. However, if your anemia symptoms are so severe that they cause loss of consciousness, abnormal heart rate changes, and serious respiratory problems (inability to breathe), you will be advised to stay in the hospital until your condition recovers.

7.Tuberculosis (TB)

Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterial infection that usually attacks the lungs, but can also attack other organs such as the heart and bones.

TB infection is very contagious, so people with it will be advised to be hospitalized to quarantine the spread of the bacteria. Especially if the symptoms of tuberculosis get worse even though they have previously taken medication and routinely seek outpatient treatment.

8. Stroke

Stroke is an injury to the brain due to impaired blood flow. Brain cells that don't get enough nutritious blood flow will slowly die within a few minutes. If not treated quickly, a stroke can cause permanent brain damage or even death.

That's why patients who have had a stroke must immediately get medical attention. Usually patients will be advised to be hospitalized as well as physical therapy so that their body functions can return to normal.

Stroke symptoms can occur suddenly. Symptoms include dizziness, tingling or numbness in parts of the body, and loss of ability to move the face, arms, or legs.

9. Stillborn

Babies who die at more than 20 weeks of gestation are called stillbirths or stillbirth. Stillbirths can be caused by various things, such as the condition of the mother, fetus, and placenta problems.

Mothers who have to go through labor to remove stillbirths are required to be hospitalized afterwards. The goal is to restore the mother's physical health after childbirth.

10. Internal bleeding

Internal bleeding occurs in tissues, organs, or body cavities that have been injured or traumatized. For example accidents, blunt force punches, or side effects of strong drugs.

Because it occurs inside the body, this bleeding is difficult to detect and diagnose, unlike external bleeding that penetrates the skin.

In this condition, the patient needs hospitalization so that the doctor can find out the cause and source of the bleeding, repair the damage caused by the bleeding, and prevent the condition from getting worse.