Is there a connection between being thalassemic and taking aspirin?
Patient: I have thallasemia minor and have been taking a baby aspirin for about a yr. Many times I would get light headed if stood up quickly. I recently had to stop the aspirin for minor skin surgery. I have not been light headed since stopping the aspirin. Is there a connection I should be aware of being thalasemic and taking aspirin? Doctor: Dear I read your scenario. Its not good to take aspirin for minor headache because there are other drugs available in the market for minor headache like Paracetamol. Aspirin has antiplatelet activity which can causes bleeding and further worse the thalesemic picture. So you should be very careful about aspirin. Hope you willfollow my suggestion and you can ask mmore question regarding this issue otherwise you should go to near by doctor. Thanks for asking.