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What Causes Weakness Inspite Of Having Prednisolone For Back Pain?

My dad is 81 years old and after having a pain in his lower back he was taking Prednisolone 5 mg for 11 days now, and finished a course of 145 mg in total of these 11 days today, yesterday his blood test showed Hemoglobin 8.8 and WBC 17,500 knowing that before 20 days ago WBC was 4,900 and he has no fever to indicate an infliction, but today his body is so weak he can barely talk and barely open his eyes, but he suffers no cold nor any pain, my question is could that medication Prednisolone got any role in his current situation, or what seems to be the problem please ?
Mon, 9 Feb 2015
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Hi!
I really appreciate your concern toward your father's illness.
The exact cause of low back ache is not being mentioned in your case.
However it looks from the the laboratory results that your father is having anemia and some underlying infection which are reflected in terms of low hemoglobin and high WBC count.
Low hemoglobin can result from a number of clinical conditions such as deficiencies of vitamins, iron, etc. or it could be due to bleeding from the stomach and from other places.
Kindly consult a doctor for proper evaluation to find out the cause of anemia and infection and management.
Best regards!
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What Causes Weakness Inspite Of Having Prednisolone For Back Pain?

Hi! I really appreciate your concern toward your father s illness. The exact cause of low back ache is not being mentioned in your case. However it looks from the the laboratory results that your father is having anemia and some underlying infection which are reflected in terms of low hemoglobin and high WBC count. Low hemoglobin can result from a number of clinical conditions such as deficiencies of vitamins, iron, etc. or it could be due to bleeding from the stomach and from other places. Kindly consult a doctor for proper evaluation to find out the cause of anemia and infection and management. Best regards!