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I have lower back pain and anemia are symptoms of what?

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Dr. Michael Dugan answered

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Could be: Quite a few things. Work up of anemia needed to sort out the cause and see if related to the back. A serious, but unlikely, cause would be multiple myeloma.

Answered 1/15/2020

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A member asked:

I have lower back pain and anemia are symptoms of what?

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Dr. Michael Dugan answered

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