My little brother (19) i fear is dieing.
He has had a few run-in's with doctors and i guess he had a bad experiance with one and now he doesnt trust them to help him. He thinks there only after money and dont care about his health.
When he was 16 he got a really bad car accident, an that same year he got a hernia at work, then at 17 or 18 he got a stomach ulcer. They all have been taken care of. But now something is very wrong with him, he said he has very strong sharp pain in and around his belly button and he throws up blood. He wont go to the doctor anymore, for reasons unknown to me.
The first time he threw up blood his girlfriend called 911 and he refused to go the with EMT's, he signed something and they left him alone.
He throws up blood daily now, an im afraid he may be dieing.
I flat out told him, "dude you need to go the ER or your going to die, you probably have internal bleeding" an he said he rather die, he's sick of his health problems and will NEVER set foot in a doctors office again.
What do i do? I know he's an adult and i cant physically make him go, but im afraid im going to loose my little brother..
He has had a few run-in's with doctors and i guess he had a bad experiance with one and now he doesnt trust them to help him. He thinks there only after money and dont care about his health.
When he was 16 he got a really bad car accident, an that same year he got a hernia at work, then at 17 or 18 he got a stomach ulcer. They all have been taken care of. But now something is very wrong with him, he said he has very strong sharp pain in and around his belly button and he throws up blood. He wont go to the doctor anymore, for reasons unknown to me.
The first time he threw up blood his girlfriend called 911 and he refused to go the with EMT's, he signed something and they left him alone.
He throws up blood daily now, an im afraid he may be dieing.
I flat out told him, "dude you need to go the ER or your going to die, you probably have internal bleeding" an he said he rather die, he's sick of his health problems and will NEVER set foot in a doctors office again.
What do i do? I know he's an adult and i cant physically make him go, but im afraid im going to loose my little brother..