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My son recently was in hospital for 2wks for bacterial infection. his last lab test showed low mcv and he had lost weight while he was there?

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Dr. Tony Willson answered

Anemia: Sounds like an iron deficiency anemia but need to correlate with hct and hgb.

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Answered 7/28/2013

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A member asked:

My son recently was in hospital for 2wks for bacterial infection. his last lab test showed low mcv and he had lost weight while he was there?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Tony Willson answered

Dr Ali agreed

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