A 51-year-old member asked:
Is there s relationship between diabetes and anemia?
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Dr. Christopher Dowdanswered
Internal Medicine 22 years experience
Could be: One way they might be related is if the diabetes leads to kidney disease. Chronic kidney disease can cause anemia. Diabetes raises the question of good nutrition, and malnutrition of various sorts can cause anemia. Diabetes and thyroid disease sometimes occur together and thyroid disease can contribute to anemia as well.
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Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
Glycation: Poorly contolled diabetes by itself promotes red cell desctruction through increase glycation of red cell proteins.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Diabetes and hemoglobin. Is there any relationship between diabetes and anemia/hemoglobin?
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Dr. Martin Rubensteinanswered
Hematology and Oncology 47 years experience
Yes: Two ways. First, some diabetics develop "anemia of chronic disorders", an anemia caused by release of a hormone called hepcidin. Second, the hormone most responsible for blood production, erythropoietin, is made in the kidney. If the kidney is damaged by diabetes, the production of erythropoietin falls, and this results in fewer red blood cells being made, which causes anemia.
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