Question 1

what is the relation between low blood count and bone marrow?

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Bone marrow makes: All of the blood cells. One cause of low blood counts is poor functioning of the bone marrow.

Question 2

gastric cancer that has spread to bones i pelvis, spine and legs. very low blood count. transfusions not working due to bone marrow being affected.

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It should help: Blood tansfusion should help. However, it will last only for a short period of time. It will be shorter time if you have active bleeding. You should get your  treatment started asap- off course, with the support of blood transfusion and growth support.  Eventually, when the cancer is in better controlled under treatment, your bone marrow hopefully would gradually hwork again.
Discuss with your md.

Question 3

hypoplastic anemaia,    my 14 months old baby(male) has hypoplastic anemia, his bone marrow is producing less blood cells , please suggest me some sol?

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Steroids?: By hypoplastic anemia, i assume that you mean diamond-blackfan anemia. If not, then disregard my answer. Many patients with dba improve their red blood cell production with steroid treatment, and many of those that respond to steroids can be maintained on very low doses of steroids. For those patients that do not respond, chronic transfusion therapy is necessary to allow adequate hemoglobin values.

Question 4

dad 70 yrs, non alchoholic. has macrocytic anemia. hb 10. mcv 110. no blood loss. bone marrow, kidney, liver, vitamins, colonscopy normal. why anemic?

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Ideas: He's not on medications and has normal thyroid, correct? He needs a reticulocyte count to determine whether these cells are big because they're young. I'd be surprised if that was the explanation. Next will perhaps be an offer of a bone marrow tap to look for myelodysplastic syndrome.

Question 5

what are the reasons for unexplained macrocytic anemia for 70 yrs man. bone marrow, vitamins, kidney, liver normal. no blood loss. colonscopy great?

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Alcohol: One possibility is drinking too much alcohol if his vitamin B12 and folate (folic acid) are normalm.

Question 6

seizures mouth ulcers hepatocellular disease low blood count anticardiolipin antibodies 1:80 speckled ana osteoarthritis spine si joints lupus maybe?

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Lupus, maybe: I think you may well be right. You should be under the care of a competent rheumatologist. A Coombs test would be in order to see if you have hemolytic anemia.

Question 7

72yrs with ckd, gfr 32. why is low blood count, anemia and bruising common in ckd? why does ckd cause anemia? whats going on in the body?

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Kidney function: Metabolism, digestion, etc produce toxic chemicals that are cleared from the blood by the kidneys. With kidney damage, these chemicals build up in the blood and suppress the bone marrow, reducing production both white and red blood cells; anemia is low RBC. Two of the many chemicals raised in CKD are routinely tested as measures of kidney function:  blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine.

Question 8

what is the definition or description of: low blood count (anemia)?

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Lack of red cells.: Anemia is a lower than normal concentration of hemoglobin in blood.  Hemoglobin is carried by red blood cells, and our test measures the total amount of HGB carried by all red cells in a volulme of blood.  A low white blood cell count is leukopenia, and a low platelet count is thrombocytopenia.

Question 9

what would it mean to have a low blood count and anemia?

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Depends: Blood counts generally describe three types of cells.  Anemia would be low red blood cell numbers, and this could be "low blood counts".  But low blood counts could describe additional blood cells that are low.  These results should be discussed with the provider that order the blood count.

Question 10

what sort of problem is having low blood count (anemia)?

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Anemia: Anemia causes decrease delivery of oxygen to all the tissues of the body. It is important to find the cause of the anemia so we can correct it. For example is is due to : iron deficiency, colon cancer, any cancer, anorexia, leukemia, lymphoma, low thyroid, sickle cell anemia, etc ...Anemia may cause heart attack, stroke as well.

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What is the relation between low blood count and bone marrow?

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Gastric cancer that has spread to bones i pelvis, spine and legs. very low blood count. transfusions not working due to bone marrow being affected.

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Hypoplastic anemaia, my 14 months old baby(male) has hypoplastic anemia, his bone marrow is producing less blood cells , please suggest me some sol?

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Dad 70 yrs, non alchoholic. has macrocytic anemia. hb 10. mcv 110. no blood loss. bone marrow, kidney, liver, vitamins, colonscopy normal. why anemic?

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What are the reasons for unexplained macrocytic anemia for 70 yrs man. bone marrow, vitamins, kidney, liver normal. no blood loss. colonscopy great?

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Seizures mouth ulcers hepatocellular disease low blood count anticardiolipin antibodies 1:80 speckled ana osteoarthritis spine si joints lupus maybe?

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72yrs with ckd, gfr 32. why is low blood count, anemia and bruising common in ckd? why does ckd cause anemia? whats going on in the body?

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What is the definition or description of: low blood count (anemia)?

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What would it mean to have a low blood count and anemia?

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What sort of problem is having low blood count (anemia)?

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