Elderly people with diabetes, high blood pressure can do biopsies?

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Question
Hello doctor, my mother is 71 years old, found a tumor in her left breast. The doctor ordered a biopsy. My mother has diabetes and high blood pressure, can I have a biopsy? Looking forward to consulting your doctor help me. Thank you doctor.
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Answer
Hello. Thank you for sharing the information.
If you have diabetes and high blood pressure, it is not a contraindication to have a biopsy.
However, it is necessary to stabilize diabetes and hypertension, to avoid cases when doing a biopsy, patients may be anxious, stress increases blood sugar and blood pressure rises suddenly, difficult to control. , adverse events may occur. Wish you a quick recovery.
Thank you for your question to Vinmec Health System. Best regards!
BSCK II Nguyen Quoc Viet - Interventional Cardiologist - Department of Medical Examination & Internal Medicine - Vinmec Danang International General Hospital.