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Can Stents In The Heart Cause Anemia And Tiredness?
MY HUSBAND IS A 69 YEAR OLD CAUCASION,HE HAS A DEVINCI PROSTECTOMY IN 2008 WITH WONDERFUL RESULTS. THEN IN 2010 HE HAD TWO STINTS INSERTED IN HIS HEART, 95 % BLOCKAGE IN THE WIDOW MAKE ARTERY.. ALL WENT WELL AND HE HAS HAD A GOOD LIFE, BUT ALL OF A SUDDENHE HAS BECOME ANEMIC AND IS EXTREMELY TIRED. HE IS TAKING PLAVIX, CONIDINE AAND BLOOD PRESSURE MEDS, ALSO PAXIL.. COULD ANY OF THESE PROBELMS BE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ANEMIA??
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Thu, 22 May 2014
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Mon, 6 Apr 2015
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hi dear.good job at taking care of your husband. i will suggest you to get a complete blood test done including iron profile with perpherial smear to find out the cause of anaemia. meanwhile you can give him tab livogen once a day for 3 months. consult your docter for any other meds. if he is feeling very tierd then kindly get a cardiac consult. hope my answer helped you. please do rate my answer
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