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My doctor says i have anemia, i am now experiencing bone pains in my femurs. is this due to being anemic? (also have loss of appetite & easy bruising)

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Dr. Michael Dugan answered

Specializes in Hematology

Not from the: Anemia per se. One thing that could be associated with all of these findings would be leukemia, but this is exceedingly unlikely if the rest of your CBC was unremarkable.

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Answered 2/20/2019

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