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Hemoglobin
Why hb decrease in men to 5 gm from 17 gm in a span of 3 month sudden. Currently undergoing treatment of blocked vessel in hands and thinning of blood. Is this due to tuberculosis or any other serious condition after loose motions it reduces from 8 to 5 gm. ?
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Do occult blood in stool , you might be loosing in stool as you are on blood thinners
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Share your report and history in detail for proper consultation
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Dr. Manoj Kumar
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9 yrs exp
Dehradun
Need few more details
Kindly consult
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Dr. Rashmi Wadhwa
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37 yrs exp
Delhi
Go to the medical centre and get examined completely
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Dr. Anuj Mothsra
General Physician
6 yrs exp
Jhunjhunu
Can help you, kindly consult and provide detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management
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Dr. Nimmi Mulwani
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10 yrs exp
Ahmedabad
please consult with a physician for further evaluation and management
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Dr. R P Singh
General Physician
34 yrs exp
Varanasi
Because he is taking blood thinner it may be onec of the causes occult blood leading to Anaemia.
Had to investigated completely for the cause.
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Please connect for further advise on practo
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Dr. Shaikh Huzaif
General Physician
18 yrs exp
Aurangabad
The patient needs to be evaluated in detail for the cause
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Dr. Vinod Kumar Verma
General Physician
9 yrs exp
Gurgaon
According to your sign and symptom you are suffering from some infection like haemoglobinopathy .
As you know that best treatment depend on the correct diagnosis and correct diagnosis depend on the complete history of the patient so please take consultation from a doctor and give complete history of the patient so that correct diagnosis will be make and then best treatment will be start
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You should take iron supplement to increase the haemoglobin
if still don't increase then you should check again the blood test as
CBC, ESR, LFT and KFT and Lipid profile and Urinaanlys and Iron profile to know what's the exact reason behind that.
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Please follow good life style as take plenty of fluid
and take less spicy and fatty food and keep positive attitude to fight any disease and any problem of your life.
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Dr. Bijli Nanda
General Practitioner
7 yrs exp
Noida
Please consult your physician.a dose adjustnent of the blood thinner nay be required
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