Can anyone medically trained help me please?

[Idkwhattopick]

I'm trying to find out how reliable my plan b is. I have plan a for my ctb which is more imminent, but if for whatever reason it doesn't happen, I have plan b which is I guess in progress but slowly.

I don't really feel comfortable going into detail on the thread (maybe pm idk) but I consistently lose a lot of blood. Like 70-150ml a day.

Just over a month ago I was admitted to hospital against my will where I was tested and told my hemoglobin was 63, and I was forced to have 2 bags of blood as a transfusion (I think it was about 600ml total) and an iron transfusion. They said it could have killed me.

I kinda don't believe them when they said how bad it was cos I felt like they were trying to pressure me into consenting to treatment. So I'm asking anyone with medical knowledge please, when does hemoglobin levels become so low you can die, and what would that process look like?

The blood loss has continued since then, I've lost about 2.2l since, but I haven't had any further testing to know what my levels are and I don't take the prescribed iron tablets

Thank youu:)

 

[Untoten_]

63 Haemoglobin (assuming you meant 6.3g/dl) is critically low.

You were probably extremely messed up during this event.

Source: I take steroids and get a full panel of bloods done semi regularly so I know what the levels should be for most adults.

 

[adamantc]

I'm trying to find out how reliable my plan b is. I have plan a for my ctb which is more imminent, but if for whatever reason it doesn't happen, I have plan b which is I guess in progress but slowly.

I don't really feel comfortable going into detail on the thread (maybe pm idk) but I consistently lose a lot of blood. Like 70-150ml a day.

Just over a month ago I was admitted to hospital against my will where I was tested and told my hemoglobin was 63, and I was forced to have 2 bags of blood as a transfusion (I think it was about 600ml total) and an iron transfusion. They said it could have killed me.

I kinda don't believe them when they said how bad it was cos I felt like they were trying to pressure me into consenting to treatment. So I'm asking anyone with medical knowledge please, when does hemoglobin levels become so low you can die, and what would that process look like?

The blood loss has continued since then, I've lost about 2.2l since, but I haven't had any further testing to know what my levels are and I don't take the prescribed iron tablets

Thank youu:)

I don't do tests, but I know the theory. Your continued blood loss is quite severe. If it's not medically sanctioned, I'd aim to stem the cause of your low Haemoglobin count (blood loss). You'll feel fatigued, dizzy, and have pale skin. You could pass out and pass away, if the levels drop further. If affordable, you should urgently seek treatment. Dying from low haemoglobin levels only (not blood loss) is not that painful, but with a condition as volatile as yours, could happen at any time.

If this goes on untreated, there's a serious likelihood you will die, from blood loss alone. Your body needs blood to carry oxygen around, and without it you will die. Inability of haemoglobin to carry around blood is the main mechanism of CO deaths too.

Source: theory, I'm a doctor.

 

[notreallybored]

I don't do tests, but I know the theory. Your continued blood loss is quite severe. If it's not medically sanctioned, I'd aim to stem the cause of your low Haemoglobin count (blood loss). You'll feel fatigued, dizzy, and have pale skin. You could pass out and pass away, if the levels drop further. If affordable, you should urgently seek treatment. Dying from low haemoglobin levels only (not blood loss) is not that painful, but with a condition as volatile as yours, could happen at any time.

If this goes on untreated, there's a serious likelihood you will die, from blood loss alone. Your body needs blood to carry oxygen around, and without it you will die. Inability of haemoglobin to carry around blood is the main mechanism of CO deaths too.

Source: theory, I'm a doctor.

ב''ה,
"If affordable" is bleakly hilarious.