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anemia

  1. R

    Anemia of unknown origin

    Hello I have anemia (Hb 8) Size of red blood cells is reduced, they are small Iron is at 158 Ferritin is at 506 B12 at 857 Holo TC at 85 I take all other b vitamins I also take copper, molybdenum, zinc and even nickel What other nutritional deficiency could cause Anemia? I was thinking of ultra...
  2. gbells

    Epstein Barr virus causes megaloblastic anemia (methylation related)

    I was troublesheeting a high MCV on CBC labs and learned that Epstein Barr virus causes it (megaloblastic anemia). It is a deficiency of activated folic acid and activated B12. I am heterozygous for MTHFR deficiency but never had a problem with it before EBV infection in 2008. Post infection...