Anemia Support Group

Anemia (or anaemia), which literally means "without blood," is a deficiency of red blood cells and/or hemoglobin. This results in a reduced ability of blood to transfer oxygen to the tissues, and this causes hypoxia; since all human cells depend on oxygen for survival, varying degrees of anemia can have a wide range of clinical consequences.

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DOES ANEMIA CAUSE JOINT PROBLEMS

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I have been recently diagnosed with anemia and my doctor has me on iron supplements and b12 injections. i have problems with my joints, especially my knees, back, neck and wrists. my doctor says it may be the anemia causing it but i really dnt know, im thinking of going for a second opinion, what should i do?
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You may want to get a referral to a rheumatologist. Several other illnesses that overlap with anemia should be checked.
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Agree with Camp I have blood disorders animea and the itp auto ammune and MCTD auto amune CHAD blood based .... I can go on but what I am trying to say is my ITP diognoise led to the others get check out

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hello monalisa,

i went to the hospital about 3 weeks ago and told them i was having problems with shortness of breath and back pain. i was admitted because CT scan showed that i had a bloodclot in my lung. that ended up being a wrong diagnosis. they also took a lot of blood from me. they listened to my chest and said that i had a lot of wheezing. so they ordered breathing treatments for me. they gave me them every 4 hours and told me they didn't have an explanation of why my back hurt. then after 2 days of being hospitalized they sent me home. so about 3 days ago i went to my primary doctor (who happens to be new) and she told me that my symptoms sounded like i had anemia so she ran a blood test on me and today the results came in. she said i had a really bad case of anemia. so the answer to your questions is yes, i think anemia does cause joint problems. i hope this helps. feel free to send me a message anytime.
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