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What Does It Mean To Have Low Hemoglobin After Undergoing Radiation?

Dear Ask the Doctor, I am 76 year old male from India. I have low hemoglobin for the last one year. My current hemoglobin is 6.5 g/dl. I had advance prostate & Kidney Dailies and I have taken radiation for the same which started in February 08 and finished...



Fri, 14 Feb 2014
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You did not given enough history. What you want to now is also not clear. Are you taking chemotherapy also,as it can lower haemoglobin level. Also Radiotherapy can depressed blood forming cells. You can take drugs which are available to boost haemoglobi after radiotherapy, like erytropoitin.
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What Does It Mean To Have Low Hemoglobin After Undergoing Radiation?

You did not given enough history. What you want to now is also not clear. Are you taking chemotherapy also,as it can lower haemoglobin level. Also Radiotherapy can depressed blood forming cells. You can take drugs which are available to boost haemoglobi after radiotherapy, like erytropoitin.