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Have Massive Nose Bleeds. Will This Effect The Surgery To Replace Valve Part Of VP Shunt?
Ii live in temeccula ca but all of my doctors are in sandiego. Next wednesdy i am having surgery to replace my valve part of my vp shunt ,but recently i have been having massive nosebleeds that cause the blood to gush out. i dont have the time to see a doctor,so i was wondering what i should do. also i was wonedering if the lack of blood would effect my surgery.
Fri, 28 Jun 2013
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
The current bleeding needs to be evaluated by an ENT surgeon.
As of now, your hemoglobin may not have dropped to very low levels, so, the shunt surgery can still be done. If in doubt, please ask the surgeon to get hemoglobin level checked.
However, please get the nose bleeds evaluated after the surgery.
Beset wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Thank you for posting your query.
The current bleeding needs to be evaluated by an ENT surgeon.
As of now, your hemoglobin may not have dropped to very low levels, so, the shunt surgery can still be done. If in doubt, please ask the surgeon to get hemoglobin level checked.
However, please get the nose bleeds evaluated after the surgery.
Beset wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
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