Do Severe Choking Feeling In The Throat And Breathlessness Post Multiple Surgeries Pose A Serious Concern In The Elderly?

Posted on Thu, 5 Apr 2018

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Question : My mother is 55 yr old. Hysterectomy surgery was done through laparoscopy in year 2013. Post surgery her health became worse. As she used to complain pain and other XXXXXXX issues. In 2016 she was diagnosed with stone in gall bladder and operation wad done in Feb 2017. Before operation ( months before) angiography wad done as her blood was thick. After this her health condition became worst. Her weight reduced and now she is bed ridden. Further she has heart problem. Every day her throat chokes and she becomes breathes. We have done all testes and doctors say all organs are fine. One doc suggested that this choking of throat and breathless issue is due to gas.
Pl guide me in the matter as i can't see my mother dying.

Answered by Dr. Bhanu Partap (55 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Need some Detail’s

Detailed Answer:

Hello,

After going through the medical details provided by you of your mother I can understand your concern for her health and I would like to know a few details first.

1. Does she have diabetes or hypertension?

2. Any kidney disease?

3. Also, I would like to review her Angiography, Echo and blood test reports. Kindly upload them.

Kindly revert back with the required information.

Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Bhanu Partap, Cardiologist

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj

Follow up: Dr. Bhanu Partap (36 hours later)

Hlo sir,

I have uploaded 11 reports of my mother. As I wrote in my previous mail that her health condition got worsened day by day.
Till angiography and gall bladder surgery she was able to walk by her own and have normal body weight but after angiography (carried out in Nov-2016) and gall bladder operation (in Feb-2017) her weight reduced drastically and became like skeleton due to which since Dec -2017 she is bed-ridden.
Pl go through all reports and waiting for favorable reply.

Answered by Dr. Bhanu Partap (12 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Hello again...

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

I would like to tell you that I didn't find anything significant from a cardiac point of view that could have caused the present health condition of your mother.

The type of condition which you have described your mother's health points us to rule out any sort of malignancy in the body which can cause this type of weight loss.

In one of the reports which you have uploaded, there is a CT abdomen report of Nov 2017 in which there was a doubt of malignancy in the colon.

So it's advisable that you should take the help of a Gastroenterologist and get her evaluated by him for proper advise.

I hope this information will guide you properly.

Regards,
Dr. Bhanu Partap, Cardiologist

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng