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My mom age 47 had hysterectomy 5 months back and removed specimen was diagnosed non cancerous, still have low level of haemoglobin 8g/dl , weightloss?

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Dr. Henry Jacobs answered

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More tests: Need to understand why she is anemic. Causes could be diet, blood disorder, occult bleeding from the bowel etc the weight loss maybe related or possibly due to depression more tests are needed to decide what is going on here.

Answered 4/23/2014

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My mom age 47 had hysterectomy 5 months back and removed specimen was diagnosed non cancerous, still have low level of haemoglobin 8g/dl , weightloss?

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