Would you go to A and E with this? (picture included)

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DH was weeing red yesterday and this is his wee this morning. He has a cold and has been taking lemsip. He's definitely had a temperature although no thermometer to check. Would this warrant a and e given the day/date? Thanks

Hope he's okay, OP. A&E obviously think he's a priority, so you've done the right thing.

Hope he is ok OP.

My mum just this week went to doctor at hospital who told her what she had was a virus and would "clear up by itself". On Wednesday when I went to see her after she'd seen her own GP (and was given antibiotics) she was wheezing badly (she does not have asthma) couldn't walk up and down stairs properly (wheezing) and looked the worse she'd been for years.

She has since been in hospital suffering from bronchitis (but they did mention pneumonia) and on oxygen drip with intravenous antibiotics. She also suffers from glaucoma and rheumatoid arthritis and therefore has a suppressed immune system.

So I think if you think you need A&E then just go. Especially if serious.

Ps hope your DH is ok OP and yes I certainly would've gone straight to A&E.

Where are all of these mythical walk in centres?

God knows MrsSchadenfreud

We have one urgent care centre and it serves the whole of our (very big!) city which is effectively our walk in clinic.
We also don't have a minor injuries unit, although ironically we could do with one to free up some room in A&E.

OP I'm glad you went to hospital, you obviously did the right thing if the nurse felt your DH needed prioritising! Hope your DH is better soon.

Hope he's okay OP. x

Hope everything turns out okay OP

Dark urine and blood in the urine are side effects of lemsip max. It says see a doctor in the leaflet.
Nobody is saying going to A&E is the wrong thing to do, just that seeing a GP via 111 would also be a valid action.
I also think if you'd phoned the GP yesterday when he was peeing blood that would've been the right thing to do as well.

In an ideal world the GP would be an appropriate place to go. They can take a proper history, examine the patient, do some basic investigations and, in this case, most likely refer to the most appropriate hospital specialty. Then you could go directly to the admissions unit of that specialty (probably medicine) and bypass A&E completely. However, on a weekend, the provision of OOH GP services in some areas is dire and I can see why people end up going directly to A&E. In an ideal world, A&E would not be the most appropriate place to go so I can see why some posters have said that.

Hope you're DH gets sorted soon

I am glad you went in. Under the circumstances you had no choice but to go.

I hope he is ok.

We have no walk in centre or minor injuries therefore in a situation such as this you are left with A&E. my mother was quite ill on Boxing Day and it took 8 hours to get a visit from the Dr on call to give her antibiotics. Also anytime we got s GP out to my very ill father before he died (heveas housebound) the GP would usually call an ambulance. So ambulances aren't always for extreme emergencies or life and death.

You did the right thing, hope he is ok and seen quickly.

"Where are all of these mythical walk in centres?"

Ours are located within A and E - to access them you go through the same triage nurse.

After you've seen the triage nurse you either go Resus, Majors, Minors, GP, A and E waiting area, GP waiting Area, X Ray or back to the main waiting room. They can take blood tests and monitoring in the two "internal" waiting areas. Basically if you are sent back to the original waiting room after triage you are in for a very, very long wait (and lots of death stares from the receptionists).

It seems like a good service (I've never been in when not seen immediately).

The negative thing about doing it this way is the hospital almost always hits their A and E waiting times as they don't class those waiting back in the main waiting room, or for the GP services as "attending A and E" even though that's where most of them came to attend - therefore it doesn't show an accurate reflection on misuse of A and E. Secondly, the GP services close at 8pm or 10pm - people still rock up to A and E instead of phoning the OOHs team (which is based at another hospital during the night shift).

Frankly, you're all being flipping ridiculous arguing the toss over this. There is something obviously wrong with the OP's husband's urine. It needs to be looked at with urgency. There is no gp available to them at the moment (which is not uncommon is it?) therefore a&e is the only sensible thing to do. There's no way they will be turned away so procrastinating about why hospitals are under strain from people like them is stupid.

These mysterious walk in centres that people bandy about all the time drives me mad. We live in a fairly large town and have a children's a&e and a normal a&e. 2 choices for urgent care.

OP, you've done the right thing. Don't feel that you have to justify yourself on here. I hope your husband is ok

I hope he gets sorted out soon.

Last week (Xmas Eve) I had DS at OOH. When he became ill I did immediately think A&E but I didn't want to be a bother so we phoned 111. It took eight hours from that phonecall to DS being seen. By that point he was in a fair old state, had to be admitted and was taken to theatre at midnight. I can't help but think that in future I would go to A&E and bypass the queues of people who need a trip to the pharmacist and an early night. The nurse who took us up to the ward to be admitted told us that most of the patients in OOH that evening didn't need any kind of medical attention.

Good luck OP. Hope you get answers quickly.

Hope your DH is OK. That's certainly abnormal wee!

Fingers crossed he's ok OP

Wow! I hope he's ok op

You have done the right thing or they wouldn't have marked him as priority at triage. Good luck

"The nurse who took us up to the ward to be admitted told us that most of the patients in OOH that evening didn't need any kind of medical attention."

I agree with what you are saying - but for all you know most of those people could have had a similar experience to you and now prefer the OOH, or A and E route. We really need more education in this area, and also, to restore people's confidence in accessing other routes other than A and E (particularly after themselves or a loved one has had a serious illness). We also need to do something about our chronically underfunded mental health services (and I am also a fan of booze buses for people who've been on benders to access rather than A and E).

Never seen pee like that before so I'd definitely go! Hope he gets to see a Dr soon, OP

OP, I'm glad your DH is being seen. That urine is most definitely not normal or just a bit of haematuria.

I think you made the right decision op. Hope he is alright.

It's not an accident or an emergency and could be dealt with at a walk in centre or GP under normal circumstances. However as they are all closed or have long wait times (should have checked) I think it's best to go to A&E because it is likely pyelonephritis which does need urgent treatment.

Unless of course he has had an injury to his abdomen or back? That is always A&E.