Re: for the doctors
hello,
well yes, if you have low iron stored you have iron deficiancy anaemia which is easily treated with either an improvement in diet- eating iron rich food such as spinich and oily fish. or by supplements-i.e. taking iron tablets.
There are many types of anaemia, iron deficiency is the most common and most easily treated.
When haemoglobin is low, its either- its not being produces by the body or its being destroyed by the body.
To work this out we measure something called the reticulocyte count. Reticulocytes are baby blood cells, if it is low it means heamoglobin is not being produced properly, if it is high it means heamoglobin is being destroyed somewhere in the body.
I could go on more! anaemia is a huge topic.
But i hope that helps?