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degrees that my husband had after his name, but I don't. So here goes:
The bruising or blood spots usually come from the diaretic drug....such as Lasix(Ferosimide) or HCTZ. You can expect to see these "red spots" on the arms, maybe the chest. This is called "weeping". This may be painful for you to look at, but it is not really harmful to the pt. Another problem you mentioned is thinning blood. Unfortunately this is necessary: the Coumadin ( Warfarin) is keeping him from further strokes (Ischemic). This is a necessary drug. So, he should have it. If you are worried about his nutrition, you can give him Boost with 2% fat milk (I prefer the powdered Boost so that you can control the amount he drinks. This is in addition to the hospital food or daily trays.
Keep him well-nourished. You don't want a starving patient. If he starts to refuse food/drinks etc., you should keep his feet warm with a hot-water bottle on both feet under the sheet or an electric heating pad....a common treatment in the UK. This may sound trite, but it is important, especially if he rolls ups in a ball or fetal position.
My opinion only: You may want to request the CESSATION of the STATIN DRUG. If he's not getting any cholesterol in food, then why the statin?
Keep monitoring: The BP, the heart monitor, the Pulse Ox, and watch out for the effects of the diauretic such as vomiting, diarrhea, liver, kidney failure.. check the Thyroid, the Adrenal gland (for Addison's) and signs and symptoms of hyponatremia. This develops very slowly in older adults. It appears that you are trying to do the right thing. Good Luck and God Bless you. Do not take him off the heart monitor, no matter what...even to go to the potty if he does not have a Foley. ( catheter).
Be somewhat assertive with the caregivers ( tech's, nurses and even dr's.)
Make sure someone is there day and night......If you are not there, don't worry, they'll call you.
Very sincerely,
Norene Katherine
Answer to your Q.: Digoxin or "Dig" is used to control atrial fibrillation. It has other names such as Lanoxin, Lanoxicaps, or sometimes Toporal will do the job of controlling fluctuations. Check with the CARDIOLOGIST, not the internist nor general practioner.
I believe they use too much medication when it is not needed. If we all would eat right and stop eating foods with so much junk in them. They also put stuff in our food to make us want to eat more. Then they say why are Americans so fat. If I knew what I know today they would never put him on it. Ask your doctor to take her off and put her on aspirin. Safer way is my guess. Tell them other people have said they can trace it back to when the medication was started. Or take her off yourself and give her aspirin. It does the same job.
I also question the correlation between coumadin and dementia. Recommended brain foods, i.e.Tthe Mediteranean Diet, are forbidden when one is taking anticoagulants such as coumadin.My mother is presently suffering from AD and I do believe the onset can be traced back to the beginning of her anitcoagulant therapy. This needs to be seriously studied!.
He didn't start the bad memory loss until he had been on them for about three weeks. They said he could never go off of them, Then with his bad knees he started falling a lot. Said the risk was greater of him bleeding inside. Now they have him on one 81mg of aspirin a day. They always over medicate and have killed people doing it.
I told the doctors it started then and they said oh no that wouldn't do it. Now he isn't eating very much and this is a sign of the end, one day he will just get up and not eat at all. I believe the thin blood did the damage to his brain.
That is the way God make it. He knew just how thick the blood should be to feed the brain and I think the doctors knew this too. After all they don't want us to live long - it is too costly.
In the news this week or last they said they found the gene that causes AD. We all have the genes that can cause diseases, just like we have them for cancer. They need to find out what happens when they act up.
Most of all I believe they don't want us to live a long life because it cost the insurance companies too much money and a drain on ss.
As far as the Doxazosin, why not ask Dr. Lynn Harrelson what it does? Again, Good Luck!
A drug that can control Atrial Fibrillation is: Digoxin 125 MCG. and some others.
One tablet - Klor-Con- M10 ER AM
One tablet - Aricept 10mg. AM
One tablet - Tekturna HCT (300mg./25mg per tablet) AM
One tablet - Bystolic 10mg
Warfarin 1Mg - 1 ½ once a day
as needed – if BP is up
One tablet – Nifedical XL 30 Mg.
Only if blood pressure is 150/100 or higher
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No other person other than our doctors who would know anything about what we are talking about.
Thank you for your interest.
I would worry more about the Atrial Fibrillation now. What drugs is he on to control that?...the A- Fib.
p.s. Do you have anyone helping you? Is there another adult that you can talk with?
I was trying to say its like if you don't feed you body you will lose weight.
I amworried about his "seeingthings that are not there"....this is cause for concern. It is also one of the symptoms of ischemic stroke. Other symptoms are talking jibberish, sounding like he is speaking with a foreign accent, or mumbling his words. Remember a stroke does not hurt, so you won't be able to tell. There is no pain and no recognizable body changes. The diagnostic way to tell is with an MRI. If the brain is white or has white patches, there's trouble. With that A Fib you must keep him on the warfarin, and have it checked constantly (twice a week minimum)..
Why is this important, because thick blood could cause ischemic stroke and too thin blood could cause sub-dural bleeding of the brain, in other words brain hemmorage. The more common condition in the elderly is ischemic stroke caused by A-Fib or too thick blood.