I was recently diagnosed with low?

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red blood cells, My white blood cells are normal, I go for Iron IV every week, But my red cell count flucates between 6.3 in which I get transfusions to 8.5, And my Iron level is between 2 to 17 and that also flucates, I have been receiving Iron IV and have received 7 transfusions in the past year, What is the survival rate for this type of condition.

Answer 1

What are low blood counts?

Many of the chemotherapy drugs temporarily stop cells from dividing, especially the cells that divide quickly. Blood cells; red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets are made by the bone marrow. These blood cells divide quickly. Chemotherapy may lead to low blood counts, causing the possibility of a variety of symptoms. The symptoms depend on the type of low blood cell count.

LOW RED BLOOD CELL COUNT (Anemia, low hemoglobin, low hematocrit)

Red blood cells carry oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. A complete blood count (CBC) is a blood test used to check your blood count. The RBC, hemoglobin, and hematocrit are tests to see if you have low red blood count.

Normal Adult Values Male Female
RBC 4.5 - 6.0 M/ul 4.2 - 5.4 M/ul
Hemoglobin (HgB) 14 - 18 g/dL 12 - 16 g/dL
Hematocrit (Hct) 40 - 52% 37 - 47%

Note: Normal values will vary from laboratory to laboratory.

When you have low red blood cell count you may feel:

Fatigued
Weak
Short of breath
Increase in your heart rate
Dizzy or lightheaded when you change positions quickly
If you suffer from low red blood cell count, you may experience:

Headaches
Chest Pain
Pale skin
Things you can do to help manage your low red blood count:

Rest between activities.
Plan ahead and save your energy for the most important activities.
Avoid or stop activities that make you short of breath or make your heart beat faster.
Ask others for help.
Eat a diet with adequate protein and vitamins.
Drink plenty of non-caffeinated and non-alcoholic fluids.
When to call your doctor or health care provider about low blood counts:

Severe weakness.
You feel dizzy or lightheaded.
Your heart is beating faster.
You feel short of breath or are having difficulty breathing.
Call immediately if you are having chest pain.
Your doctor or health care provider may prescribe or suggest to treat your low red blood count:

Epoetin alfa (PROCRIT®).
Darbepoetin (Aranesp®).
Iron supplement.
Multivitamin.
A diet high in protein.
A red blood cell transfusion.

Answer 2

Why are you already thinking doom and gloom? What is wrong with you for thinking that this diagnosis is written in stone?

Think wellness, not disease.

Wellness, optimal health, recovery... Your body is a garden, the soil needs nutrients in order for the flowers to bloom again.

If you are eating cheese and or drinking milk... Stop now. That is a known contributor to anemic problems. See http://www.notmilk.com

Start eating lots of leafy green plant foods, chard, beat, etc... all raw. They help increase cell repair and your bone marrow needs to get the proper signals to start manufacturing red blood cells like its pre programmed to do.

If they are prescribing iron pills, then they are doing nothing more for you than licking a rusty nail. They are synthetic and not recognized by the cell to utilize like they do plant foods.

Answer 3

desreuction of red blood cells usually means a virus in your blood. kind of attaching itself to the cell wall and causing it to starve to death b/c it can no longer recieve nutrients by osmosis (?). Betacarotene has been known to help this out.
I would sincerly check out some alternative, carrot juice based dietary remedies. HACERS.com is a good one. it can't cost you more than a shorter life would, and it may save your life altogether.
I pray you check it out, it helped me in a great time of need, and also healed my grandmother in law several times of brest cancer.
feed the cells and starve the virus/bacteria= healthy cells n longer life.

Answer 4

I'm sorry I can't answer the specifics of your question, but that's something you'd best talk with your doctor about. There's so many variables for any medical condition, and only your doctor is familiar with your specific case. Anything anyone says on the internet is pure speculation based on the bit of information you provided.

Meanwhile, here's some information that might help you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_blood_cell
http://www.tnoncology.com/se-low-blood-counts.html
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/infectiousdiseases/Idiopathic-aplastic-anemia.htm
http://www.pennhealth.com/ency/article/000554.htm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000554.htm

Answer 5

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