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I'm severely anaemic and i'm having my first iron infusion tomorrow what should i expect during and after the procedure?
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I would not expect a: You should not expect any problems from the iron infusion. My concern will be more to find the cause of your iron deficiency? Have you had a problem of excessive bleeding? If so, get that corrected , so that you do not have to live with this problem on a long term basis.
Answered 6/3/2018
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I have iron deficiency anemia, got infusions, raised ferritin levels, but it recently dropped from 140 to 36 again. I eat plenty of iron, celiac neg.
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Had blood smear done. 1+ acanthocytes. It said Acanthocytes may be seen w/ iron def, hemoglobinopathies, liver disease, and hyperspleenism. My anemia was treated via infusions several months ago and values are good. Could the 1+ still be from anemia?
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I have iron anemia and AI gastritis. I vomited blood 6 weeks ago. My GI ordered a CBC which was normal. Could the iron infusion I had 8 months ago skew the CBC results to show no bleeding even if there is? The infusion has helped my CBC and iron #s?
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