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Suggest Treatment For Anemia
Dear Doctor, My Spouse is recently complaining of following problems:
(a) Weight gain particularly in waist area (She is 33 yrs of age)
(Her weight added nearly 7 to 8 kgs in last 5 - 6 months)(her present weight is 73)
(b) Absolutely no sleep in the night. Except 1 or 2 hrs somedays, she get sleep.
(c) Fatigue.
Recently, we visited a general physician in nearby hospital and advised to take blood test for CBC and Thyroid profile.
Her results are:
(a) Red blood cells and Heomoglobin levels are much lesser than the prescribed normal.
(b) T3 & T4 are normal. But, TSH is close to 5.
After seeing the results, the general physician doctor told she is only anemic and prescribed iron tablets, that she is taking now. But, she ruled out any thyroid problem quoting it is normal.
But after taking iron tablet for past 10 - 12 days, still the same problem she is having. Kindly help doctor about how to proceed now, pl.
A.Ganesh
BTM II Stg
Bangalore
(a) Weight gain particularly in waist area (She is 33 yrs of age)
(Her weight added nearly 7 to 8 kgs in last 5 - 6 months)(her present weight is 73)
(b) Absolutely no sleep in the night. Except 1 or 2 hrs somedays, she get sleep.
(c) Fatigue.
Recently, we visited a general physician in nearby hospital and advised to take blood test for CBC and Thyroid profile.
Her results are:
(a) Red blood cells and Heomoglobin levels are much lesser than the prescribed normal.
(b) T3 & T4 are normal. But, TSH is close to 5.
After seeing the results, the general physician doctor told she is only anemic and prescribed iron tablets, that she is taking now. But, she ruled out any thyroid problem quoting it is normal.
But after taking iron tablet for past 10 - 12 days, still the same problem she is having. Kindly help doctor about how to proceed now, pl.
A.Ganesh
BTM II Stg
Bangalore
Fri, 26 Dec 2014
Hi, dear
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern.
You wife is suffering from anemia. It is mostly due to iron deficiency. So your doctor prescribed iron tablets. Response of oral iron therapy is slower. It will take some times for her iron level to become normal. Don't worry about that. Just continue with the treatment. She will get benifits within few weeks.
Hope I have answered your question, if you have any doubts then contact me at bit.ly/Drsanghvihardik, I will be happy to answer you.
Thanks for using health care magic.
Wish you a very good health
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern.
You wife is suffering from anemia. It is mostly due to iron deficiency. So your doctor prescribed iron tablets. Response of oral iron therapy is slower. It will take some times for her iron level to become normal. Don't worry about that. Just continue with the treatment. She will get benifits within few weeks.
Hope I have answered your question, if you have any doubts then contact me at bit.ly/Drsanghvihardik, I will be happy to answer you.
Thanks for using health care magic.
Wish you a very good health
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