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Old Wed Oct 17, 2012, 02:14 AM
Chirley Chirley is offline
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Hi Teo, that is a question best answered by a doctor. Some people who are younger with good healthy hearts can tolerate larger amounts of blood than an older person or someone with reduced heart or kidney function. Your Mum is quite small so that has to be considered as well.

Sometimes a diuretic injection or tablet is administered to stop the fluid load from affecting heart and lung function.

Good luck.

Chirley
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