Another question

[Stubby_10_toes]

Is anemia in anyway connected to BD? My blood work keeps popping up with it. Kinda scary.

[jzeis]

Here's a free online article that was published in Nov 2015: "Overlooked Management and Risk Factors for Anemia in Patients with Intestinal Behçet’s Disease in Actual Clinical Practice"

pdf.medrang.co.kr/ekjg/ekjg...

I've had anemia off and on for the 30+ years that I've had BD.

Joanne Z.

[Stubby_10_toes in reply to jzeis]

Thanks Joanne. I'll give it a read. 👍 🤓

[sian35]

Hi

I am not a dr of course but a dr told me that chronic inflammation in chronic disease can causes low red count annemia (something to do with your bone marrow maybe - not quite sure what he said now).. I had slight low red cell count in a flare over the summer and it improved when flare settled a little. Not sating its this as it could be blood loss somewhere or low iron in diet but maybe worth asking your dr about chronic ill health possibility.

By the way -Its best to lock your posts so as to community member only. If you edit post then scroll down you will see this option at the bottom of the post.

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Best wishes

Sian

[AmandaMoseley]

Yes it is - the mouth ulcers can hinder the way that the body processes the iron in your food so you need to be on a supplement to cope

[chocalatedog]

My folic acid ia always low I was told it was due to malabsorption in the gut