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Suggest Treatment For Anemia And Bloated Stomach

Hi I have a 19 year old son who is very anaemic. He was found to be severely anaemic last June and has since been on high strength iron tabs since. He has had endoscopy, colonoscopy and capsule endoscopy which showed inflamed illeum with superficial ulceration but nothing major. He has also had 6 vit B12 injections recently as levels were low but intrinsic factor apparently ok. He still does not feel well with lack of energy and bloated feeling constantly. It took 3hrs for capsule to leave his stomach during test and that was on empty stomach. We are at our docs tonight and I am wondering if it is worth asking to see a haematologist to find out why he is anaemic in the first place. Just wondering what your opinion is. Many thanks
Thu, 29 Jan 2015
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Hi,
Sorry to hear about your son. We need to know his RBC indices and other tests like iron studies, hemoglobin electrophoresis, osmotic fragility tests,ultrasound abdomen have to be performed to look for cause of anemia.
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Suggest Treatment For Anemia And Bloated Stomach

Hi, Sorry to hear about your son. We need to know his RBC indices and other tests like iron studies, hemoglobin electrophoresis, osmotic fragility tests,ultrasound abdomen have to be performed to look for cause of anemia.