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What Is The Life Expectancy Of A Patient With Hard Heart Condition And Jaundice?
hello doctor,
my father is 70, he has a hard heart condition and lives on battery(defibrillator), he's also diabetic.
2 weeks ago he was diagnosed for stage 4 metastatic liver, they said the origin was the bladder and they discovered as well some spots in the lungs... i am very worried since he lost allot of weight, he barely eats, barely sleeps, he's always on sedatives since the pain is crucial and 2 days ago jaundice showed up as well.... can you tell me with such a case what is the life expectancy? i have to know, because my sister is pregnant at her 30th week and she lives in another country, and the doctor said she'll be able to travel until the 37th week..please doctor advise.. it's a hard case i know... but i need a professional answer to help me make the good choices...
thank you.
my father is 70, he has a hard heart condition and lives on battery(defibrillator), he's also diabetic.
2 weeks ago he was diagnosed for stage 4 metastatic liver, they said the origin was the bladder and they discovered as well some spots in the lungs... i am very worried since he lost allot of weight, he barely eats, barely sleeps, he's always on sedatives since the pain is crucial and 2 days ago jaundice showed up as well.... can you tell me with such a case what is the life expectancy? i have to know, because my sister is pregnant at her 30th week and she lives in another country, and the doctor said she'll be able to travel until the 37th week..please doctor advise.. it's a hard case i know... but i need a professional answer to help me make the good choices...
thank you.
Fri, 30 Dec 2016
hi,
listening to your description it looks like around less than 6-8 weeks. It's very difficult to predict and it's depends on multiple factors like infection.
listening to your description it looks like around less than 6-8 weeks. It's very difficult to predict and it's depends on multiple factors like infection.
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