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What Does Bruises In Mouth After Alcohol Consumption Indicate?
Question: Hi doc
I noticed when i have a bit of alcohol to drink, the next day am brushing my mouth i spit out little bits of blood with my saliva. Its really scary! My doctor recently told me my iron level was very low and so i got iron tablets. I had blood test for hepatitis recently, and the result showed reactive for hepatitis c, i had another test two days later in another clinic and it came out negative. I am really worried and i do not know what to do. Really need your advice.
I noticed when i have a bit of alcohol to drink, the next day am brushing my mouth i spit out little bits of blood with my saliva. Its really scary! My doctor recently told me my iron level was very low and so i got iron tablets. I had blood test for hepatitis recently, and the result showed reactive for hepatitis c, i had another test two days later in another clinic and it came out negative. I am really worried and i do not know what to do. Really need your advice.
Brief Answer:
Anemia is the cause...
Detailed Answer:
Hi there,
I am happy to hear that your tests for hepatitis resulted negative. Some of my patients who are having iron-deficiency anemia (as you) are also reporting blood in saliva.
Furthermore, if you drink alcohol, it can affect the body's ability to absorb folate (folic acid), leading to folate-deficiency anemia. This is also manifesting by gum's disease (bleeding).
I advise to take iron and folate supplements as recommended by your doctor and to avoid alcohol. You will see no gum's bleeding in three months time hopefully.
All the best! Do let me know if you need further clarifications!
Dr.Albana
Anemia is the cause...
Detailed Answer:
Hi there,
I am happy to hear that your tests for hepatitis resulted negative. Some of my patients who are having iron-deficiency anemia (as you) are also reporting blood in saliva.
Furthermore, if you drink alcohol, it can affect the body's ability to absorb folate (folic acid), leading to folate-deficiency anemia. This is also manifesting by gum's disease (bleeding).
I advise to take iron and folate supplements as recommended by your doctor and to avoid alcohol. You will see no gum's bleeding in three months time hopefully.
All the best! Do let me know if you need further clarifications!
Dr.Albana
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thanks a lot doctor, but actually the bleeding doesn't seem to be from my gum, i feel its from within.
Brief Answer:
Advised to treat anemia first...
Detailed Answer:
Hi back,
Spitting bits of blood mixed with saliva does not necessary mean that you have any serious problem.
I advise to get your anemia treated first. If the bleeding will persist even after 3 months, then, can run upper endoscopy and broncho-fiber-scopy to check for any source of bleeding in your GI tract and lungs respectively.
Hope it was of help!
Dr.Albana
If my answer was at your satisfaction, kindly give your feedback while closing this thread. If you still have further queries, I'd welcome them!
Advised to treat anemia first...
Detailed Answer:
Hi back,
Spitting bits of blood mixed with saliva does not necessary mean that you have any serious problem.
I advise to get your anemia treated first. If the bleeding will persist even after 3 months, then, can run upper endoscopy and broncho-fiber-scopy to check for any source of bleeding in your GI tract and lungs respectively.
Hope it was of help!
Dr.Albana
If my answer was at your satisfaction, kindly give your feedback while closing this thread. If you still have further queries, I'd welcome them!
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thanks a lot doc that was really helpful. But do you think i need to do another hep c test considering 1 result came out positive and the latter negative?
Brief Answer:
Can you please upload the tests reports?
Detailed Answer:
Hi back my dear,
In fact, the tests you did were a bit "doubtful" to my judgement. Because the first one was reactive and the other one 2 days later was negative?!!!
It's a bit confusing. If the test for hep.C is reactive, that means you already have antibodies against hep.C inside your body. Perhaps you had it at some point of time. However, it does not necessarily mean that you still have hep.C.
When we look at the tests results, we also look at the reference range the labs have. Because, depending on the reference range, we can have a better judgement.
You can upload the tests reports (both of them) and send them to me to have a look myself.
Thank you!
Dr.Albana
Can you please upload the tests reports?
Detailed Answer:
Hi back my dear,
In fact, the tests you did were a bit "doubtful" to my judgement. Because the first one was reactive and the other one 2 days later was negative?!!!
It's a bit confusing. If the test for hep.C is reactive, that means you already have antibodies against hep.C inside your body. Perhaps you had it at some point of time. However, it does not necessarily mean that you still have hep.C.
When we look at the tests results, we also look at the reference range the labs have. Because, depending on the reference range, we can have a better judgement.
You can upload the tests reports (both of them) and send them to me to have a look myself.
Thank you!
Dr.Albana
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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