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Anemia in the elderly

Posted by JohnWBurns @johnwburns, Aug 20, 2016

Like a lot of other things it has a bigger impact on older folks. Any condition where cardiac function is compromised, heart failure for example, will likely be made worse by anemia.

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1339998-overview

Heart failure example:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3569049/

If you have iron deficiency anemia for example, get it treated, but don't assume that you have it and treat it yourself. The reasons for it can be complex and self treating can be worse than the condition.

Jim

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peach414144 | @peach414144 | Jul 7, 2021
In reply to @sueinmn "Hello Peach, It is always distressing to look for answers and not find them. I am..." + (show)
@sueinmn

Hello Peach,
It is always distressing to look for answers and not find them. I am not sure whether that has to do with your nephrologist's reluctance or not. I am not very familiar with pancytopenia, but it seems to me the question might be better addressed to your hematologist or whoever treats it.
Can you contact her/him for a respnse?
Sue

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Thank you for this information. My answer was "I am sorry" as she left the room.

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