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Suggest Remedy For Bleeding And Dark Stools
My husbands Aunt, 78yrs old, has a colostomy bag or bags ( not well informed on subject) for both urine and feces. She says she is bleeding and that her stools are dark, she is with her daughter who wants to put her on a plane to Syracuse NY asap, however we feel that she needs emeregency care and that additional strees of flying and the amount of time ( approx 8 hrs to hospital there) Her pain level is 5 ,she sounded relieved to get more immediate help, could infection occur and please advise
Mon, 18 Aug 2014
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This is Dr Adil.
Your husband age is 78, and he has gastrointestinal bleeding. Black stools suggest, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, The bleeding that is coming from stomach or duodenum.
Do this patient also suffer from chronic hepatitis or some bleeding disorder. Why his colostomy was made.
Before giving any comment, one should run some tests, such as blood cp, liver and renal function tests, coagulation profile and uper GI endoscopy to confirm what's going on.
Your patient should be admitted in a good hospital setup and emergency investigations and treatment should be started.
I hope you have got my point.
You may ask more questions any time.
Kind Regards.
Thank you for asking question.
This is Dr Adil.
Your husband age is 78, and he has gastrointestinal bleeding. Black stools suggest, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, The bleeding that is coming from stomach or duodenum.
Do this patient also suffer from chronic hepatitis or some bleeding disorder. Why his colostomy was made.
Before giving any comment, one should run some tests, such as blood cp, liver and renal function tests, coagulation profile and uper GI endoscopy to confirm what's going on.
Your patient should be admitted in a good hospital setup and emergency investigations and treatment should be started.
I hope you have got my point.
You may ask more questions any time.
Kind Regards.
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