Low Red Blood Cell Count Symptoms, Treatment, and Recovery

I do not have cancer i have iron overload and low red cell count due to phletbotomy; i want to know how to build up my red cells.

hi i have been having tons of blood tests lately they haven't givin me a diagnosis yet but from what i can tell and have looked up on these blood results its showing my RBC is low 3.64 where the norm. says 4.20-5.40 i'm very worried all my levels R a little off but RBC is really low also my HCT,% of iron saturation,Reticulocyte,sodium,potassium,anion gap,auto neutrophil,HGB,HCT,AND i also have a few high's my(MCH,auto lymphocyte,ALT,AST,iron binding capacity ,Folate RBC is 1062 norm. range 280-903 i'm trying not to freak out to bad but can u help me understand these test results plz.....thanx Linda

My red blood cell count is a little low 4.17 what does this mean?

knowing what to exspect my count to be if I have cancer. I may have colon cancer.

This article was very helpful to me to understand what my daughter is going thru with chem.

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my red blood cells were at 25. What does that mean.

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To Marilyn Hind I did only one hitch in the Air Force many years ago, but what little experience I had with doctors then suggests that your daughter will get exelent care in the military

Very informative. I would like to know about cancer due to radiation treatment for prostate cancer. That is, does cancer occur in the pelvis as a consequence of the radiation treatment for the prostate cancer?

i lost over 40 punds in 9 months. I have no appetite for food because I have been under a lot of stress. I had an anxiety attack and I am afraid. I will be seeing a hemotologist

Hi brenda, Thank you very much for your question. Unfortunately, we are unable to diagnose medical problems for our site members. We suggest that you contact your father's doctor right away regarding his medical issue. We hope our informational site will be of help for you in the future. Take care -- Emily | Community Manager

help my father takes procrit for low red cell count he dont not have cancer. is there another drug that can be taken. procrit is not helping he been taking it for months.

very very helpful!!!

Low red blood cell count can mean internal bleeding. Like cancer of colon.

Hi Anonymous, thanks for your question. I found a few resources that might be useful to you: Blood Count section (http://www.caring.com/blood-count), What are causes of low blood count, red and white (http://www.caring.com/questions/causes-of-low-blood-count), Managing Low Red Blood Counts (http://www.caring.com/articles/low-red-blood-count). I hope that helps. -- Emily

i want to know more about low red cell in my blood and whats is the main problem

I have had a sort of low red blood count for years, could this be normal?

Please guide me about my problem. Iam Patient of 5-6 Red cells pass out in my Urine. I have still not found any Doctor, who will provide me a better treatment. I have been pass 2 years. Kindly provide to me the treetment.

My sons doctor recently told me his red blood cell count was low. However your post only informs you of cancer therapy & anemia that would be causes to low red blood count. My son has been checked and is not anemic. He also has not had any cancer therapy or treatment at all.

what if you dont have cancer but your rbc and wbc are low due to a kidney infection and now does not have the infection but the rbc and wbc are low, what else should one due.

my daughter continues to have low red blood cell count---8.0. She had blood that pooled around her heart and the cardio surgeon drain it but she still has low red blood cell count. It's been over a month now and she is taking mega doses of iron but no changel. She had Hodgins disease 20 years ago and they did biopsies while she was in the hospital recently but supposedly didn't find anything --also full CAT scan. I'm scared for her. She is in the Army so I worry about the quality of med attention she is getting. What can she do to get her RBC count up???