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Pancreatic Cancer Last Stage, Hemoglobin Dropped, Painful Stomach. Suggest?
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My Dad has pancreatic Cancer last stage . His hemoglobin dropped from 7.8 to 5.5 even after being given two units of blood . He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last May . He has been having a lot of pain in stomach and back lately . What could be the reason for drop in hemoglobin in such a short period of time ?
My Dad has pancreatic Cancer last stage . His hemoglobin dropped from 7.8 to 5.5 even after being given two units of blood . He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last May . He has been having a lot of pain in stomach and back lately . What could be the reason for drop in hemoglobin in such a short period of time ?
Fri, 12 Apr 2013
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Pancreatic Cancer has very poor prognosis. Lot of pain is due to involvement of surrounding structure near pancreas. The drop in haemoglobin in this condition may be due to non absorption of Iron by intestine . Your dad might be receiving some short of chemotherapy and may be the reason for drop in haemoglobin.
Thanks for posting your query to Health Magic,
Pancreatic Cancer has very poor prognosis. Lot of pain is due to involvement of surrounding structure near pancreas. The drop in haemoglobin in this condition may be due to non absorption of Iron by intestine . Your dad might be receiving some short of chemotherapy and may be the reason for drop in haemoglobin.
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