Diabetes and hemoglobin. Is there any relationship between diabetes and anemia/hemoglobin?
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Diabetes and hemoglobin. Is there any relationship between diabetes and anemia/hemoglobin?
8 doctors weighed in
Dr. David Masiello
Internal Medicine - Hematology & Oncology
In brief:
Yes
Diabetes affects the kidneys.
The kidneys produce a hormone erytropoetin which stimulates the bone marrow to produce red cells. As kidney function declines the kidney ability to produce erytropoetin declines, leading to less red cells, anemia.
In brief:
Yes
Diabetes affects the kidneys.
The kidneys produce a hormone erytropoetin which stimulates the bone marrow to produce red cells. As kidney function declines the kidney ability to produce erytropoetin declines, leading to less red cells, anemia.
Dr. David Masiello
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Dr. Martin Rubenstein
Internal Medicine - Hematology & Oncology
In brief:
Yes
Second, the hormone most responsible for blood production, erythropoietin, is made in the kidney. If the kidney is damaged by diabetes, the production of erythropoietin falls, and this results in fewer red blood cells being made, which causes anemia.
In brief:
Yes
Second, the hormone most responsible for blood production, erythropoietin, is made in the kidney. If the kidney is damaged by diabetes, the production of erythropoietin falls, and this results in fewer red blood cells being made, which causes anemia.
Dr. Martin Rubenstein
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