chronic infection anemia?
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Anemia of Chronic Disease\n \n\n\n   Anemia of Chronic Disease (ACD) is a condition of impaired iron utilization where functional iron (hemoglobin) is low but tissue iron (such as in storage) is normal or high. ACD is seen in a wide range of chronic malignant, autoimmune, leukemic, inflammatory, and infectious disease conditions. \n\nIn rheumatoid arthritis there is frequently co-existence of ACD and iron deficiency anemia resulting from gastrointestinal bleeding due to drug therapy. ACD, also known as hypoferremia of inflammatory disease and anemia of inflammation, is often diagnosed as mild iron deficiency anemia. \n\nRisk Group: The elderly are among the highest risk group for anemia of chronic disease, but anyone regardless of age who has chronic inflammatory disease such as rheumatoid arthritis or infection can be at risk. \n\nSymptoms: \n\nAnemia of chronic disease can be present in numerous situations associated with inflammation, infection, and cancer. When infection, fever--even mild, or history of cancer or suspicion of cancer is present with low hemoglobin but elevated ferritin, anemia of chronic disease should be considered. \n\nDetection \n\nWhen ACD is suspect fasting serum iron will be low, serum ferritin elevated, transferrin iron saturation percentage low, total iron binding capacity low, transferrin low and the serum transferrin receptor normal. \n\nTreatment \n\nThe cause of anemia will dictate treatment. Once inflammation, infection or presence of pathogen is identified and treated, anemia may be resolved. In cases where cancer is the cause of anemia, cancer treatment and therapy take priority over removal of iron that has resulted from transfusion or infusion. \n\nSupplementation with iron for those with ACD is not warranted until the underlying cause of disease is cured. Harmful pathogen are nourished by iron and cancer cells require iron to grow and proliferate.
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PROCRIT\nAnemia can make it hard to do the things you love. The most common symptom of anemia is feeling tired and weak. PROCRIT helps treat anemia associated with the following conditions:\n\n» Cancer: for the treatment of chemotherapy-related anemia in patients with most types of cancer \n» Chronic Kidney Disease: for the treatment of anemia in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients who are not on dialysis  \n» HIV: for the treatment of anemia related to zidovudine (AZT) treatment in HIV patients. Many HIV therapies include AZT (eg Combivir® or Trizivir®)  \n» Some types of surgery: Reduces the need for transfusions in patients undergoing elective, noncardiac, nonvascular surgery who are anemic or at significant risk for blood loss.
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your body is susceptible to infection.
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Could be anaemia....try iron supplements?
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The normal wbc count is some where between 11000-12000, your count is too low, precautionary check your HIV test done. your immune power has gone too down, try to keep your surrounding neet and clean and maintain a good level of hygiene. your joint pain might be because of this also. if your RA is negative have your cpk , serum uric acid and blood sugar done. good luck and have a fast recovery.
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If I understand correctly you say that there is an abnormal blood count. Assuming this is a red blood cell count iron would be ineffective because it is not a deficiency in iron but rather in the amount of mature red blood cells. In this case I don't know what could improve the condition, but iron would have limited to no effect.\n\nThis question needs to be directed to a doctor familiar with the circumstance of the particular case
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Iron deficiency for one.
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The decreased hemaglobin synthesis in anemia is correct. What the others described may occur but is not the main mechanism. The decreased hemaglobin leads to a perfusion (oxygen delivery) problem. The lungs have a compensatory mechanism to match ventilation and perfusion. (This means that if a region of the lung has a decreased blood supply, the lungs bronchoconstrict to avoid wasting breathed in air.)\nWell, with severe anemia the perfusion problem is not regional but system wide, so there can a massive response of bronchoconstriction (think of the worst asmtha attack ever). This makes the situation worse obviously, less air reaches the alvoli for gas exchange, and you have acute respiratory failure. This response can occur when the body increases its oxygen demands for one reason or another(exercise, or illness come to mind).
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shahid assalamoalaikum, write to me, you can always retest the blood from another lab for verification and then consider doing what is known as virus load, you can always consider a second opinion too, good luck
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Tell her to go see a doctor and get a check up. It could be her blood pressure. Do you know if she is anemic?
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Septicemia is very serious. It means that bacteria are not only IN your bloodstream, but are growing there. It doesn't mean certain death, but can cause it. Fungal infections are harder to treat however. Why have they let this infection go so long as to cause this severity, and why are they just letting him go? Sounds like something is up. I know they can amputate (as with diabetic patients who let foot infections get so bad the foot/leg turns "black") as a last resort. Sounds odd to me.
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You might try contacting your local United Blood Services..They insert IV's, so perhaps they would know
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=========\ninterference with insulin production \n\nA sufficiently serious infection of the pancreas could cause enough destruction to induce Type 1 diabetes directly (destroyed beta cells, no insulin production). And, since Type 1 is most commonly an auto-immune disease in which the immune system has attacked and destroyed the insulin producing beta cells, anything which can start this misdirected response will do. Generally, it's thought  that it is viral infections which are mostly at fault: German measles, several of the Coxsackie family viruses, etc. It is probably not impossible that some bacterial infection could do more or less the same thing, but it's not generally seen clinically. \n\n=====================\nassociated issues\n\nThe increased glucose levels in the blood of diabetics are a help to many bacteria, so it's likely they will have an easier time being active in diabetics. And, diabetics very often have impaired  circulation which helps some bacterial infections since the immune system has reduced access to them. If this is bad enough, it can lead to the too common infections which are the cause of gangrene and of amputation. And, finally, there are some reports that diabetics' immune systems are somewhat less effective than non-diabetics'. But none of these are, quite, 'increased development of diabetes' due to bacterial infections.
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HCT = hematocrit, % of packed red blood cells in total blood volume.  Normal range for a male is 43-49%.  For women it is 37-43%.\nAnemia results from an overall decrease in RBC's, HGB, & HCT.  Symptoms are fatigue, headache, dizziness, pallor, palpitations, lack of appetite.  \nSevere anemia would include a HGB of <7-8.  Your values are much better.\nYour doctor will suggest the proper treatment.  Increase your iron intake.  HGB needs iron in order to provide oxygen to your body's cells.  Without this, you exhibit the above symptoms.
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I am really sorry to read that. Mine is B+, pl lemme know if the hospital can exchange the blood, i mean taking mine and giving the required O+. I am in chennai. u can contact me by clicking my icon.
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I read your question, and I think it's possible.  B12 is needed for you to be able to absorb iron from your intestine.  As we get older, it's harder to absorb iron.  If your iron level is low, you will have too few red blood cells.  Now a test can show that you have enough red blood cells, but if your B12/iron is low, there may be few but larger red blood cells - they do not work as well as the normal sized RBCs because there is not as much surface area for them to release their oxygen and nutrients.\n\nLow RBCs would cause circulation problems, which tend to happen in our legs, and would cause tingling pain.\n\nWhile you are increasing your B12, try an old fashioned remedy - sit with your feet elevated, so the old blood can flow back into your body and allow room for new.  If you have been active, especially walking, that should tone the muscles in your legs to keep your circulation good.  \n\nFrom a lady of 54 who's had many of the ailments out there and resolved most of them.
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once an infection gets into the blood and you become septic you have a small window of time to get on antibiotics. If the infection passes a certain point they cant stop it even with drugs. It is very common although most people seek treatment before its to late. I went throught the same thing . I thought i had the flu. i was vomiting and could not get warm i was shaking with the chills. i just thought i was a real bad case of the flu. Except i had a small red,warm spot on my arm. The fact that it was warm concerned me.( t=i thought it was a bug bite) I called the dr. and he made me come in. i draged my behind there and he drew blood and sent me to the hospital. for 14 days of antibotic. I was already septic it was from getting pincked by a rose torn while working in the garden. (i dont any more) He said i had 2 days and if i wouldnt have gone in when i did i most likeily would have died. I was so sick believe me at the time i thought death looked real good. They kept me in the hospital 15 days. I had 14 days of the intreviounes antibiotics and constant blood tests. If they dont treat it for 14 days the infection can hide some where in the body. usually the brain and then manifest its self again later. People dont want to bother with the dr. because they think they can fight off something andsave the expence. Not me Not any more. I go and get check out right away or ant least call and discuss it with him. I will pray for your friend and keep him in my prayers as i also have a friend in the UK who is suffering from the same thing and hopefully will pull through. Infections are nothing to fool around with. Jim Hensen for the Muppets creator died of an infection too. In in daught seek medical help always.