I saw something new and scary

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Ive done this for a long long time now. And for the first time in a long time I saw someting new. A mother had brought her teenage daughter in for drinking her own urine.The pt had no c/os other than her mother bringing her into the ER for eval.

Apparently there are some alledged health benefits to this, but the thought just boggles my mind.I hope this isnt some new trend out there

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Seen an early episode of CSI where a woman drank her own urine...fresh! EWWW...it was for aging. Crazy

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this worl is odder all the time isnt it

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I'll pass on this experiment......

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At the tattoo shop I used to patronize, one of the piercers advocated soaking fresh, um, member piercings in the morning's first urine to speed healing. Also said that women who had their nipples pierced could pee in a cup and dip their breasts in it. There are like seven things wrong with those two sentences. :lol2:

I've also never been able to understand why people eat kidneys and liver. I get how offal as food came about long ago, when peasants were lucky to get any meat at all, but c'mon, guys. It's the body's filtration system. Why would you eat that if you had any other choice???

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Specializes in ICU, SDU, OR, RR, Ortho, Hospice RN.
I'll second that barf! This filled with urine:beer: can lead to this :barf01:

There goes my breaky appetite!!:uhoh21:

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I've also never been able to understand why people eat kidneys and liver.

Wow, I'm glad I'm not the only one who has questioned eating the body's purification systems. I've had liver *once* when I was in 2nd grade. Never have had it since.:barf01:

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Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.

some strange people in this world

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I ran into a mental health patient that was doing this ( drinking her own urine ) not just because of psychosis but also because she was high in meth. Amphetamines just so happen to exit the body in the urine chemically the same as when they were ingested. So, she stayed with some "meth" on board for 10 days plus, We searched and searched again and finally figured it out.

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but woudn't your body eventually stop making urine if you were already dehydrated?

ahah ya, if you were dehydrated pretty sure you wouldn't be producing enough urine, and if you were it would be very little and very concentrated. Good luck with that

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