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Is low iron a sign of inflammatory arthritis?

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

It is!: Most people will have anemia of chronic disease, which is not iron deficient. But some pateint will. Also, in the spondyloarthropathies, bowel inflamation is ongoing and can cause this. Finally, rhe use of nsaids can also cause this. So it is multivariable!

Answered 5/22/2013

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