Anemia Support Group

Turns out that doctor was wrong, I've since sought a 2nd Opinion.

In what way was the doctor wrong? You mean that the joint pain had nothing to do with the hemoglobin count? Did you find out what it was when you got your second opinion? Just curious; I have joint pain and I am anemic, so I was wondering if they were connected at all.

My son has the same thing happen to him, his hands & feet kept turning purple, which we later found out that it was his joints causing this, he kept running a fever, & his lymph nodes wereswollen & his blood tests revealed that he was anemic.. but it turns out that all of these things tie into one thing- SYSTEMIC juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.. the systemic kind is what makes it different then normal arthritis. HTH... :) PS.. google it & read up on it!!

I also have had a lot of trouble with my feet swelling and going purple-ish at times and just thought it was fluid retention. My haemoglobin was very low and iron levels indicated symptomatic anemia, so I am following your entries with great interest. If you find out anything further that helps you, please let me know. Will also take lishapoo36's advice and google too.

I AM WITH THE REST OF U I HAVE TO DEAL WITH ANEMIA AN THE SORE JOINTS AN THE SWELLING OF THE FEET AN THE HANDS I DO HAVE CARPAL TUNNEL AN I KNOW THAT,THAT HAS A LITTLE TO DO WITH WHAT IS HAPPEINING BUT KEEP ME INFORMED WHEN U FIND SOMETHING OUT PLEASE

In addition to the anemia, I have fibromyalgia and psoriatic arthritis, both of which are auto-immune diseases. I've read where people with AI diseases are often anemic. Hard to tell what causes what, but if you are having pain and swelling in your hands, feet and knees, I would see a rheumatologist. I have the same issues, and now have a diagnosis.

the worst thing right now for me is my knees they hurt so bad sometimes i dont even wanna get up. my feet and legs swell tho not my hands

Well i have anemia and i constantly have back and joint pain...thats odd maybe i should talk to my dr also.

Hi, my name is Tyler and I am a medical student. I came across this sight while doing some research. It sounds like a lot of you have the same type of symptoms. Many times anemia is a result of an abnormal shape of the blood cell...sickle cells. The reason for the joint pain is that when these sickle cells are traveling through the blood vessels, they don't have the same ability to flow freely like normal shaped cells do. In your joints, the capillaries feeding blood to those areas are exceptionally small, many times only large enough for a single blood cell to travel through at a time. The abnormal sickle cell shape causes blockage in these areas resulting in swelling, pain and lack of blood flow to the joints. Hope this helps.

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Hi, my name is Tyler and I am a medical student. I came across this sight while doing some research. It sounds like a lot of you have the same type of symptoms. Many times anemia is a result of an abnormal shape of the blood cell...sickle cells. The reason for the joint pain is that when these sickle cells are traveling through the blood vessels, they don't have the same ability to flow freely like normal shaped cells do. In your joints, the capillaries feeding blood to those areas are exceptionally small, many times only large enough for a single blood cell to travel through at a time. The abnormal sickle cell shape causes blockage in these areas resulting in swelling, pain and lack of blood flow to the joints. Hope this helps.

Thanks for this info. I have Hemolyitic anemia and this is something I've never heard of.
God Bless you. We need all these good doctors!