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Suggest Treatment For Low Hemoglobin Level

Posted on Sat, 5 Jul 2014

Question: My grandmother is 84 and she has hemorrhoid. .they wanted to do a colonscopy test but her kidney us not functioning properly for then to do surgery because she is bleeding. Her blood count is very low, like 4. something now her potassium is low. Is she going to die

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
She can be very well treated

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Regards to your worry and your Grandmother.

If the diagnosis is done correctly, treatment is well executed by a TEAM of Doctors specialized in their fields, your Grandmother will be fine.

Is it possible for you to post the reports here?
Reports of her blood, urine, ultrasonography and all please.

Hemoglobin can be well improved by blood transfusions.
To tie the bleeding hemorrhoids is not a big Surgery, can be done under local anesthesia by an experienced Surgeon to stop bleeding.

Potassium will improve with Medical management.

She will not die. She can improve very well .

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (1 hour later)

here are the test result before, the doctor have tke latest one but the results are pretty much the sane

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (7 hours later)

Brief Answer:
insist on an active treatment.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for the reports.
Says: hypertensive renal impairment, bleeding hemorrhoids and all.
Urea/ BUN high. RBC count is less. hemoglobin is reduced to 5.3;

Grandmothers age is 84. Medical management of the kidneys , high blood pressure can still be managed.

How is her condition?
I still have a feeling that a combined approach of all specialist can still help her.
There are so many patients in geriatric age group with similar problems and still going on OK.

You should insist for an admission to the Hospital and all the problems managed by the respective specialist.
We MUST try....
HOPE is the single word and serving the old is serving the GOD. Insist on an active treatment.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (2 hours later)

went to visit her today in the hispital...the doctor says that she is not responding well to the treatment they are giving her due to her kidney ptoblem...I am very sad cause they said she is not looking good.

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Have a Hope.

Detailed Answer:
I can certainly understand your mind.
Have a hope,
Medical wonders do happen ,
we do see for so many years.
Recently sent home a patient of 100 + years who was brought in a hopeless position , went home walking...
Have hope , do the best possible.

Request Doctors to do their best and be ready for anything they want like , blood, medicines any procedure they want to do like dialysis. Give them a full hand, meaning give consent for any sort of treatment they want to conduct. See the results.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (5 hours later)

Thanks for your advice..it has help a lot, will let you know if there is any changes..

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (2 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Sure .

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your appreciation.
Please let me know if I can of any further help.
Thanks a lot.
And all the best
For an early and complete recovery.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj