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Please tell me what to do when you have low iron and low vitamin b12?

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How low?: How low and which parameters did you check? I will go with iron rich food and B12 rich food first depending on how low the levels are... If very low, sometimes oral supplementation may not be sufficient.

Answered 6/24/2014

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