A member asked:

Should i postpone the surgery if my hemoglobin level is low?

4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Dr. Richard Orr answered

Specializes in Surgical Oncology

Ask your doctor: Depends upon: 1) how elective is the surgery, 2) the degree of anemia 3) are you bleeding - and will the surgery correct the bleeding, 4) your overall health, 5) the nature and complexity of the surgery, 6) the likelihood that delaying surgery will increase your blood count.

Answered 1/28/2012

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Why is it low.: This is an impossible question to answer without more information. How low is it, how old are you, has a physician figured out why it is low, what is the surgery. As you can see this is to complex an issue to any in a forum such as this what you need to do is talk to the surgeon scheduled to do your procedure and come up with a plan. Good luck.

Answered 11/28/2017

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