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diagnose self, you may be way off the mark
This reminds me of the time a few years ago when I made an appointment to see the nurse, thinking I had low blood pressure becsuse I had been feeling faint and dizzy.
As soon as I walked in the room and she saw me the nurse knew I was anaemic.
She did a blood test and looked at my eyelids. I go a phone call later that day and the doctor asked me to go to the hospital for a blood transfusion. I only had half the red cells I was supposed to have. I had 4 pints of blood transfused that day.
Before then I did not even know I was anaemic, but since then I have regular checks and often go on courses of iron supplements.
I now know what to look out for and know how to monitor my blood loss and when I may need a more frequent bood test.
This reminds me of the time a few years ago when I made an appointment to see the nurse, thinking I had low blood pressure becsuse I had been feeling faint and dizzy.
As soon as I walked in the room and she saw me the nurse knew I was anaemic.
She did a blood test and looked at my eyelids. I go a phone call later that day and the doctor asked me to go to the hospital for a blood transfusion. I only had half the red cells I was supposed to have. I had 4 pints of blood transfused that day.
Before then I did not even know I was anaemic, but since then I have regular checks and often go on courses of iron supplements.
I now know what to look out for and know how to monitor my blood loss and when I may need a more frequent bood test.
