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Lung cancer (metastatic stage) query

My grand father is suffering from lung cancer which has spread severely to his neck/ throat region, neck is swelling a lot and become red and he is unable to swallow food or not eating food or anything, his hb is 7 mg/dl currently...I just want to ask about the swelling is so severe so how to manage that ? Will it be burst from inside ? How to manage the condition or saving the patient from that... patient is unable to eat or swallow food and become so weak and a severe weight loss happened.

About big platelet size

Hello doctor, about 5 month before I tested CBC the platelet range in between 2 to 3 lakh .now a  days my platelet is in range of 90k to 1 lakh in automated test but in manual reading it is in 1.8 lakh to 2.8 lakh .my pathologist said i have normally big platelet cell size. My question is why suddenly my platelet size is bigger than previous month or yrs .is this indicate any kind of future upcoming problem or it is just a normal mutation?

Dutas 0.5mg Side effects

I have been prescribed Dutas 0.5mg to prevent hair fall by my dermatologist. The dosage is for 3 months. Will it cause any side effects like increase chances of getting prostate cancer?

CBC report normal or not pls check

Diagnosed with dengue, today is 13 day and done my CBC and my concern lym % is very high and neut % is very low so please say why I am really very worried and report of today is attached

Please check the report and help

Patient name : Soma Bhadra Please check the report and help me out What to do?? What should be the next step? What to do?

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