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What Causes Blood In Stools And Urine After Undergoing Bypass Surgery?
My brother is 65 years of age, under 200 lbs and about 5'10". He has had bypass surgery and has a pacemaker/defibrilator. He has had blood in his stool the past several days; yesterday also had blood in urine. Blood is dark red; quite a bit he said. No pain associated. he is headed to the ER; what could this be?
Fri, 7 Jun 2019
Hello,
Almost all cardiac patients will be on blood thinner medication like Aspirin, clopidogrel, etc.
A complication of blood thinners is bleeding cause blood in urine or stool or cough. A regular check of PT INR will help you prevent such complication.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr S.R.Raveendran, Sexologist
Almost all cardiac patients will be on blood thinner medication like Aspirin, clopidogrel, etc.
A complication of blood thinners is bleeding cause blood in urine or stool or cough. A regular check of PT INR will help you prevent such complication.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr S.R.Raveendran, Sexologist
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