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Dr. Saisudha Kotla

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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

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Why Does Hgb Decrease When You Have Pneumonia

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Dr. Saumya Mittal MD

Hi. I was diagnosed with pneumonia about 3 weeks ago and went on antibiotics for 2 weeks. I m still getting fevers and wonder why? Also my hgb went from 88 g/l last week to 101g/l. Do I still need to... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saumya Mittal ( Diabetologist)
Dr.  Shafi Ullah Khan MD

68 year old female has acute UTI, culture returned with >100,000 CFU/ML Klebsiella pneumonia, moderate Hgb Ur, Moderate Lekocyte Esterase, and 5-10/hpf WBC ur. Resistant to ampicillin, gentamicin, and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shafi Ullah Khan ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Chobufo Ditah MD

Anemic (7.3 hgb) , B12 deficiency, fatigue, hiatal hernia area burning/ NOT reflux burn. The ... colonoscopy/EGD. Recent pneumonia is resolved. History of fibromyalgia . Waiting on colonoscopy/EGD this month ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chobufo Ditah ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Shashi Dangwal MD

after a chest xray with pneumonia ...with white cell count of 26,000, hgb of 8.7, albumin2.0. Placed on ... after the incident with a hgb of 8.4. Saturday Morning (this past saturday), she became very... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shashi Dangwal ( Pulmonologist)
Dr. Robert Galamaga MD

I have ITP I took a CBC 3 days ago my Platelets were 204 and HGB was 14.1 I took a cbc today my Platelets were 244 HGB 13.3 why the drop in HGB . DR says lab variation everything is in normal... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Robert Galamaga ( Hematologist)

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Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

my 14 year old son had a CRP of 329, Sed Rate of 89, WBC 10.3 hgb 11 g/dl low PCV blood 33%. he was diagnosed with a pneumonia - bottom of his top left lung. He was given rocephin for the pneumonia on... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr.  Sumanth Amperayani MD

,Rbc 5.66,hgb 9.2,hct 31.8,m.c.v 56.18,m.c.h.c 28.93,m.c.h 16.25 rdw-cv 20 anisocytosis ++ macrocytosis + microcytosis + poikilocytosis + hypochromia ++ hypersegmeantation + blood group o rh factor positive... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumanth Amperayani ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Som Biswas MD

My husbands hgb was 7.0 and after 6 units of blood he was released with a 9.6 hgb. today it s 9.0 ... ago his hgb was 14.8. Should we be concerned with the 9.0? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Som Biswas ( OBGYN)
Dr. Saddiq Ulabidin MD

Doctor, I am Thalasmia minor. I am 46 years old male. Height 180cm and weight 76kg. my blood Hgb ... in food. Some times my Hgb goes down and become very tired. Your advise please Hgb 122 g/L Plt 105 ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saddiq Ulabidin ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Pankaj Nagori MD

weeks, he has developed a cough and increasing fatigue. On examination he had evidence of pneumonia and ... of the skull and vertebral column. CBC is as follows: WBC 5.0 x 10³/mm³ Hgb 10.8 g/dl Hct 32.2% MCV ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pankaj Nagori ( Radiologist)