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There was a lot of inflammation in the results of my blood work, i am not 100% sure what it means am also anemic dr billed insurance code 290 ?

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Dr. Le Wang answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Inflammation, anemia: Inflammartion is a complex biological process involving vascular tissue in response to harmful stimuli. It can occur without infection such as ra, sle, etc. Blood c-reactive protein can reflect the presence of inflammation. Inflammation causes an increase in a liver protein called hepcidin which then hamper iron absoption and utilization, thus resulting in anemia (anemia of chronic inflammation).

Answered 4/12/2014

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