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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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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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Answered 11/28/2018

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Dad 70 yrs got anemia. Hemoglobin 9.6. Mcv 110. No vitamin dediciency. Aftrr two month iron pill, feritin 800. Platelts, WBC liver, kidney normal.Mds?

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