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Degenerative Discs In Back, Experienced Symptoms Of Myeloma. Could It Be Multiple Myeloma?
My mom had Low Iron, anemic, at an 8 I think. Doctor put her on iron pill, it worked. Iron is good now. She is off the iron pill. She has a high calcium level but its only at 11.5, it use to be a 10. She is now having problems with sciatica or degenetive discs in her back. The cat and MRI showed only that. my question could she have multiple myeloma? Seems to have all the symptoms. She has suffered from all these symptoms for a few years. It comes and goes? her legs and she keeps saying her feet give way...she has fallen alot.
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Thu, 24 Oct 2013
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Hi, High calcium in a elderly anemic lady with long standing backache, definitely one has to rule out multiple myeloma. So she has to under go several investigations like serum and urine electrophoresis, skeletal survey etc..you have to contact your doctor for the same.The sciatica may also be due to bone disease causing nerve compression.So treatment of bone disease may also improve her condition. Hope i have answered your quire!
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