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What Could Be The Reason For Iron Deficiency And Anemia?
I became severly iron deficient anemic about a month - month and a half after a episode of severe fatigue/exhaustion (never called adrenal) and went throught several procedures (endoscopy, colonoscopy, barium swallow, CT scan) in order to look for a source of blood loss. Could my anemia be linked to the exhaustion? What blood tests should/could have been ordered if a connection is suspected?
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HI,
IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA CAN BE EVALUATED THROUGH THE FOLLOWING TESTS:
1.COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT.
2.RED CELL INDICES.
3.SERUM FERRITIN.
4.PERIPHERAL BLOOD SMEAR.
5.A BONE MARROW BIOPSY IF NEEDED.
TREATMENT INCLUDES ORAL/PARENTARAL IRON FOLIC ACID.
POST YOUR FURTHER QUERIES IF ANY ON http://bit.ly/drsureshheijebu
THANK YOU.
TAKE CARE.
IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA CAN BE EVALUATED THROUGH THE FOLLOWING TESTS:
1.COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT.
2.RED CELL INDICES.
3.SERUM FERRITIN.
4.PERIPHERAL BLOOD SMEAR.
5.A BONE MARROW BIOPSY IF NEEDED.
TREATMENT INCLUDES ORAL/PARENTARAL IRON FOLIC ACID.
POST YOUR FURTHER QUERIES IF ANY ON http://bit.ly/drsureshheijebu
THANK YOU.
TAKE CARE.
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