Ask The Expert: Women Questions
NAAC physicians are experts in identifying and treating anemia and are available to answer related questions from medical professionals. If you are a medical professional with a question about diagnosing or treating anemia, please Submit Your Question. All appropriate, anemia-related questions from medical professionals will be answered by our Council Members and may be published on the website. Be sure to browse our Question Archive by selecting a topic from the dropdown menu below.
September 15, 2009
I have a female patient in mid thirties with a persistently low red blood cell count (since 2002) and a high mean corpuscular volume (MCV). Vitamin B12 and folate levels have been well within normal range and ferritin levels are low to normal at 10-15 ng/dL even after year of supplementation. She is not an alcoholic and results of her liver function test (LFT) were within normal limits. What types of causes should be considered and what tests may be necessary for diagnosing anemia in this patient? [ read Q & A ]
January 7, 2009
Can donating a unit of blood cause anemia in a female college student? [ read Q & A ]
August 22, 2008
Is there any predisposition for anemia among athletes, specifically the elite athlete population? Also, what recommendations can you give to prevent or treat iron in athletes? [ read Q & A ]
May 2, 2005
What are the most common causes of factitious anemia? [ read Q & A ]
February 7, 2005
There seems to be a large number of menstruating women (ages 15 to 50) who complain of fatigue and whose hemoglobins/hematocrits are normal. However, if you check their serum ferritins, they are strikingly low. If you treat with iron, they often improve. Often, doctors are not checking serum ferritin unless the hemoglobin is low. [ read Q & A ]
December 9, 2003
Differential Diagnosis-Oral Iron Amid Normal Lab Values and Generalized Pruritis [ read Q & A ]
Last Updated: February 24, 2010
