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Hemoglobin of 3.5 why do you think my blood was killing it self off?
Has anyone else suffered from a Hemoglobin drop to 3.5 for No known reason the Docs cant figure it out they gave me blood and i am doing better but they said i almost died .I had weight loss surgery 2 weeks ago but was healing pretty good then it all went bad and off to the hosp i went . tell me what you know . of course they looked for blood loss ie bleeding i did have a small amount of bleeding at the 7th day after surgery . but they said it still did not explain this severe drop ?
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- finaldxLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
For inexplicable reason, sometimes when part of the stomach is bypassed, or removed, a profound anemia ensues. When I was post-op for c/section, mine was down to 5.0. I don't understand how you are able to sit up at a computer and type a coherent question. I was asleep for two weeks, until my blood count rose enough to function.
That being said, I have a friend who, for cancer, had most of her stomach removed. She is such a dear, yet, was so down and almost giving up the idea of living. It turns out she was so anemic, and none of the treatments worked until she had was is known as an "iron infusion". This is not something I learned in medical school, but it really turned her life around.
If there is no acute source of blood loss and this appears to be chronic, I would recommend you pester your doctor until he/she will find someone to consult about this procedure.
Best wishes. I hope for you the best outcome possible.
