Should I Be Scared!? O_o?

Question

my doctor says she got my blood test results back and she said Im moderately anemic

and she didnt explain it...
what is that!?
O_o

Answer 1

Relax. It just means that your blood is low in Iron. All they will do is tell you to take an iron supplement or multi-vitamin to keep your iron levels normal. :-)

Answer 2

No, you have no reason to be worried. It just means the number of your healthy red blood cells fall below normal. About .8% of the body's red blood cells wear out and destroyed every single day. If the body doesn't replace them at the same rate than you're anemic. The reason these cells are important is because they pick up oxygen in the lungs and carry it to tissues thru out your body. There, the oxygen is combined with food to release energy. In an anemic person the blood is providing enough oxygen so the person feels weak and/or tired. Sometimes they also might feel dizzy or have headaches and shortness of breath. It's not a disease but it could be caused by a disease or disorder. The main cause is insufficient production of red blood cells, loss of blood and/or destruction of red blood cells.
Sometimes you might have low amounts of iron or Vitamin B and this would cause the anemia. That's very easy to treat just add the missing nutrients to the diet by a shot or medication. If it is really low they would do a bone marrow biopsy.( but only if it is really low) It only hurts for a minute but it really does hurt. This tells you if these cells are being produced. If not at the right rate then you might need a transfusion. and/or medication. Again, the extreme would be leukemia. Now, I had really really low red blood count - I had a bone marrow biopsy and got vitamin shots and was put on a medication. It's been a while now and my red blood count is OK. So, I told you all the horrible stuff. Those instances are rare.

Answer 3

Anemia is common in women who are menstruating, but can be caused by other factors. Anemia occurs when the red blood cells drop in your blood and cause a variety of symptoms.Your doctor needs to determine the cause and what measures need to be taken to bring your red cell counts back up to a normal range. Some things you can is eat foods high in iron and/or take a supplement. You have no reason to be worried. It just means the number of your healthy red blood cells fall below normal. About .8% of the body's red blood cells wear out and destroyed every single day. If the body doesn't replace them at the same rate than you're anemic. The reason these cells are important is because they pick up oxygen in the lungs and carry it to tissues thru out your body. There, the oxygen is combined with food to release energy. In an anemic person the blood is providing enough oxygen so the person feels weak and/or tired. Sometimes they also might feel dizzy or have headaches and shortness of breath. It's not a disease but it could be caused by a disease or disorder. The main cause is insufficient production of red blood cells, loss of blood and/or destruction of red blood cells. Sometimes you might have low amounts of iron or Vitamin B and this would cause the anemia. That's very easy to treat just add the missing nutrients to the diet by a shot or medication. If it is really low they would do a bone marrow biopsy.( but only if it is really low) It only hurts for a minute but it really does hurt. This tells you if these cells are being produced. If not at the right rate then you might need a transfusion. and/or medication. Again, the extreme would be leukemia. Now, I had really really low red blood count - I had a bone marrow biopsy and got vitamin shots and was put on a medication. It's been a while now and my red blood count is OK. So, I told you all the horrible stuff. Those instances are rare. NO. no reason to be scared, you probably just need some iron tablets. It just means you have a low heamaglobin count. It's very common.Your doctor may want to know why you are aneamic as there are many causes. Diet is one very common cause.Anemia comes from Greek meaning "without blood", refers to a deficiency of red blood cells (RBCs) and/or hemoglobin. This results in a reduced ability of blood to transfer oxygen to the tissues, causing hypoxia; since all human cells depend on oxygen for survival, varying degrees of anemia can have a wide range of clinical consequences. Hemoglobin (the oxygen-carrying protein in the red blood cells) has to be present to ensure adequate oxygenation of all body tissues and organs.
The three main classes of anemia include excessive blood loss (acutely such as a hemorrhage or chronically through low-volume loss), excessive blood cell destruction (hemolysis) or deficient red blood cell production (ineffective hematopoiesis). In menstruating women, dietary iron deficiency is a common cause of deficient red blood cell production.Anemia is the most common disorder of the blood. There are several kinds of anemia, produced by a variety of underlying causes. Anemia can be classified in a variety of ways, based on the morphology of RBCs, underlying etiologic mechanisms, and discernible clinical spectra, to mention a few.There are two major approaches of classifying anemias, the "kinetic" approach which involves evaluating production, destruction and loss,and the "morphologic" approach which groups anemia by red blood cell size. The morphologic approach uses a quickly available and cheap lab test as its starting point (the MCV). On the other hand, focusing early on the question of production may allow the clinician more rapidly to expose cases where multiple causes of anemia coexist.There are many different treatments for anemia and the treatment depends on the cause.When serious causes of an anemia have been excluded, a mild iron deficiency anaemia may be helped by increasing the dietary intake of readily available iron and/or iron supplementation. If an increase in dietary intake is recommended, then additionally increasing the intake of Vitamin C may aid in the body's ability to absorb iron.in anemia of chronic disease, anemia associated with chemotherapy, or anemia associated with renal disease, some clinicians prescribe a recombinant protein version of erythropoietin, epoetin alfa, to stimulate red blood cell production.

Answer 4

Anemia comes from Greek meaning "without blood", refers to a deficiency of red blood cells (RBCs) and/or hemoglobin. This results in a reduced ability of blood to transfer oxygen to the tissues, causing hypoxia; since all human cells depend on oxygen for survival, varying degrees of anemia can have a wide range of clinical consequences. Hemoglobin (the oxygen-carrying protein in the red blood cells) has to be present to ensure adequate oxygenation of all body tissues and organs.

The three main classes of anemia include excessive blood loss (acutely such as a hemorrhage or chronically through low-volume loss), excessive blood cell destruction (hemolysis) or deficient red blood cell production (ineffective hematopoiesis). In menstruating women, dietary iron deficiency is a common cause of deficient red blood cell production.

Anemia is the most common disorder of the blood. There are several kinds of anemia, produced by a variety of underlying causes. Anemia can be classified in a variety of ways, based on the morphology of RBCs, underlying etiologic mechanisms, and discernible clinical spectra, to mention a few.

There are two major approaches of classifying anemias, the "kinetic" approach which involves evaluating production, destruction and loss,and the "morphologic" approach which groups anemia by red blood cell size. The morphologic approach uses a quickly available and cheap lab test as its starting point (the MCV). On the other hand, focusing early on the question of production may allow the clinician more rapidly to expose cases where multiple causes of anemia coexist.

There are many different treatments for anemia and the treatment depends on the cause.

When serious causes of an anemia have been excluded, a mild iron deficiency anaemia may be helped by increasing the dietary intake of readily available iron and/or iron supplementation. If an increase in dietary intake is recommended, then additionally increasing the intake of Vitamin C may aid in the body's ability to absorb iron.

In anemia of chronic disease, anemia associated with chemotherapy, or anemia associated with renal disease, some clinicians prescribe a recombinant protein version of erythropoietin, epoetin alfa, to stimulate red blood cell production.

Answer 5

http://www.anemia.com/

Anemia is common in women who are menstruating, but can be caused by other factors. Anemia occurs when the red blood cells drop in your blood and cause a variety of symptoms.
Your doctor needs to determine the cause and what measures need to be taken to bring your red cell counts back up to a normal range. Some things you can is eat foods high in iron and/or take a supplement.
Good Luck.

Answer 6

not too worried just make sure of you start to feal light headed while doing any strinuas activity to sit down and let your pulse rate settle down also to help with the anemia eat foods that have a goos sorse of iron iron helps build red blood cells which is basicly what anemia is lack of red blood cells foods you can eat are rasins penut butter and orgin meats like liver

Answer 7

NO. no reason to be scared, you probably just need some iron tablets. It just means you have a low heamaglobin count. It's very common.Your doctor may want to know why you are aneamic as there are many causes. Diet is one very common cause.

Answer 8

Don't be frightened. You are lacking iron in your diet. Increase your red meat and leafy green veggies. If you like raisins, they are high in iron as well.

Answer 9

no u just might have to take some vitamin pills. and there is something not right with ur hemoglobin but its nothing to be scared about because there is treatment