continous bleeding and clots from prostate

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Hello. I am worried about my father and would appreciate advice. He has been having blood clots and blood in urine for 8 months, and UTI's off an on for about 6 mos before that. He had a polyp removed from his bladder and was told at that time there were several clots around it.&nbs...

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Your fathers problem
Anonymous
Monday, September 15, 2008 at 08:19 AM

Please, get a 2nd or 3rd opinion on your fathers condition. A blood count of 9 is bad enough (11 and above is normal) but the constant bleeding and urinal blood clots are unnerving. I've had this problem

but not as severe. In my case I would spend several days in the hospital and be flushed out with

saline solution and then have a prostate scraping or cystoscopy and that would stop the bleeding

and clots. However, from time to time it would recur. It's something some men have to live with.

But your fathers weakness can definitely be attributed to his low blood count. Lots of luck.

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Laura
Monday, September 15, 2008 at 05:33 PM

Thank you, so much, for your reply. He called the doctor's office today due to more clots (they only tend to stop for a few days at a time), and they are sending him to the lab to check his hemoglobin again. He does seem frustrated and agitated, which he is usually a very happy and easy going person. I will talk to him again about a 2nd opinion.

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Sid
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 07:58 AM

Hi Laura -

Just a comment on the hemoglobin problem and I talk strictly from

experience. If the hemoglobin doesn't resolve itself I would say that a

blood transfusion will be necessary. My wife had this problem, her hemoglobin

went down to 7, very dangerous. She had no energy, was lethargic and

moody. A blood transfusion, and she had two, helped her that today her

hemoglobin is at a steady 13.2. Of course she didn't have the problem

that your father had, it was found she had a bleeding peptic ulcer which

was taken care of. Again I urge you to get at least a 2nd opinion with

your father's problem. Please keep in touch and I wish him well.

Sid

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Laura
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 11:13 PM

Thank you, Sid. Dad had his hemoglobin checked again today, still passing clots as big as quarters. Should get results tomorrow. We have talked over and over about a 2nd opinion, but he really likes his doctor and PA that see him and he trusts them, plus another doctor did see him as well in the hospital that was filling in one day and when we discussed it with him, he didn't seem overly concerned either. I keep thinking at some point I will know when to be more persistant talking dad into that. I think he's worried he will make them angry and not be able to go back if he chooses, and possibly that he feels comfortable with them now and doesn't want to begin all over.

Thank you, again, and I hope your wife continues to do well.

bleeding & blood clots from prostate
JackFlash
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 01:57 PM

Hi Laura. I see that your posts are almost a year old so you may not be monitoring this site anymore. I've been doing Internet research for over a year now & your post is the only one I've ever found that matches almost exactly my symptoms. I had successful "Green-Light" laser surgery for BPH 5 years ago for a 110 gram prostate. About a year & a half later I began intermittently passing small amounts of blood in my urine, always after heavy lifting or intense physical workouts. Gradually the amount of blood increased & the amount of stress required to start a bleeding episode decreased to the point that now it starts & stops spontaneously every few days. For the past year or more, I've been passing multiple blood clots, occasionally the size of my thumb. I've had my blood count done twice in the past year after bleeding episodes that lasted more than 2 weeks but in each case my blood cell count was at the low end of normal, (i.e. ~15). There's never any pain involved & I've had no other symptions of BPH since the surgery. I've had 2 prostate biopsies done in the last 2 years with no sign of malignancy but all cores came back marked "chronically inflamed" with no pathogens present. My question to you is: Did your father or his doctors ever successfully resolve his problem? My doctor's only recommendation is TURP surgery but I reject this solution as disingenuous The side effects of this surgery can be significantly more horrendous than my condition & sites such as the Mayo Clinic & Duke University Hospital suggest that this approach is rarely successful. Any information you have would be greatly appreciated. Thanx