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A 33-year-old male asked:

dad has 10 hemoglobin, 29 hematocrit, 13.6 platelets. but all else normal: mcv, mch, mcvh, esr, neutrophils, wbc, kidney, b12, liver, etc. why anemia?

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Dr. Albert Pizzo answered

Family Medicine 60 years experience

Anemia: Your father needs further medical advice and tests from his doctor to determine cause of the anemia and to treat it effectively.

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