Anemia

[confused]

What other diseases can cause anemia. My step-sons cbc came back today that he was anemic. He is still in denial about the celiac thing tho. Should i have the dr test for other vitamin deficiency or can parasites cause anemia and maybe do an stool test. She just said to give him an vitamin and he should be ok. Im not buying that.

paula

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[Di-gfree]

Hi, I was diagnosed with anemia, for quite some time before I finally relented and got tested for celiac. I would say I was in denial, big time, for awhile there. He might as well rule out celiac as a cause, if that's what you suspect? The things we tell ourselves, huh?

[hippiegirl2001]

What other diseases can cause anemia. My step-sons cbc came back today that he was anemic. He is still in denial about the celiac thing tho. Should i have the dr test for other vitamin deficiency or can parasites cause anemia and maybe do an stool test. She just said to give him an vitamin and he should be ok. Im not buying that.

paula

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Just want to mention that I believe that 3 different deficiencies can cause anemia: B12, Iron, or Folate. I think they should look at why there is a vitamin deficiency, is he not absorbing vitamins due to damaged villi? If it is a B12 deficiency they can give shots of course.

[confused]

I have been playing phone tag with the dr all day. I want to ask her to run an vitamin deficiency panel. She left a message and said it was only a slight deficiency. But i dont want to wait til it is so bad that he is in the hospital. He has had 2 inconclusive celiac panels in the past. One showed high igg scores, the second one showed iga deficient. We have not seen an gi dr. He has been in denial about giving up gluten for months now. he also tested positive threw enterolab and carries one celiac gene.

paula