Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
What would cause extremely low hypocellular bone marrow - 15% normal, 65% really hypocellular and 15% mild-moderately low; i am 40 yr old male with 20lbs weight loss, spinal pain, sob, headaches, low ferritin and really high b12, folate; normal spep.
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Not a fixed number!: Bone marrow cellularity tends to be very variable in different people and there is room for sampling error as the marrow is not a uniform sheet of cell; instead it is normally quite patchy. if your blood counts(CBC) are normal, then the cause of your weight loss is not related to your Bone marrow cellularity. Look for other causes...elsewhere in the body.
Answered 11/6/2016
909 views
One marrow failure : can be due to several causes as radiation, certain drugs, tumours, and others. You need to be under the care of a hematologist, whom you may have already seen, kindly keep the follow up, wish you all the best, at this limited platform we can't really offer much in your case, good luck
Answered 1/5/2019
908 views
Related Questions
A member asked:
How can one tell the difference between low b12 and pernicious anaemia? Mildly low ferritin, b12, folate (folic acid) and red blood cells. Hair loss too.
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Dad has low hemo rbc hemat since 2011. Got worse. can he still have iron def even if mcv is normal. Doc never gave ferritin test. B12/folate normal.
A doctor has provided 1 answer
People also searched for:
Anemic with 1.2% retic count, 0.62 red cell production index. Whites/platelets normal. Bone marrow problem? I'm anemic, male, hemoglobin 11.5, hct 34.5, red cells 3.9. Iron, ferritin, b12, folate all good, no GI bleed (upper endoscopy and fecal occult n
Previous ida. Now high B12 and folate (folic acid) levels. Ferritin result is not back. Significant hair loss and sob? Could high folate (folic acid) mask B12 deficiency? Thx
36 weeks preg.iron 66,feritin 78.5,b12 207,folate (folic acid) 13, rbc 4.22,hb 10.4,hct 32,wbc 9.16,plt 169 .anemic since 2 years.is this bone marrow problem?
I have high B12 and ferritin, low RBC and flow cytometry showed less than 1% rare circulating myeloid blasts in my blood (not bone marrow). Ive had frequent colds (that come with fevers) since October and have lost roughly 30 lbs since then?
My serum folate (folic acid) is 16.4ug/L & B12 is 221ug/L & serum ferritin is 22ug/L. Why is folate (folic acid) on the high end of normal & others on the low end of normal?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
