Does anyone know what they give you in hospital when you are severly under weight?

[SuperTech]

I went into hospital once, and I was severely under weight. they put me on a drip. Prior to being on the drip my appetite had been pretty much non existent.

But once I was on the drip my appetite improved massively. I can only assume it was the drip that was responsible.

Does anyone know what they give you in the above situation?

 

[tzvia]

Did the "drip" have nutrition in it? If it did, it could have been like a TPN. Or was the "drip" like a medication, and not a nutrition? In that case, I'm not sure what it could have been.

 

[Lisa]

Were you also experiencing a flare? You may have had a steroid drip, which would account for the increased appetite....

 

[ronroush7]

Back in 1992, I was in the hospital for an abscess. I had gone from 157 lbs. to 123. They put me on Ensure and tried to give me whatever they could to help me gain my eeright back.