anemia and low iron and high erythropoietin
What are you asking? Anemia is generally associated with a low amount of hemoglobin in the blood. Hemoglobin is the part of the red blood cell that holds iron and oxygen. Iron deficient anemia would result in low iron levels in your blood. Erythropoietin is a hormone released by the kidneys that stimulates erythropoiesis (red blood cell production).
Iron is not the correct blood test to detect or diagnose iron deficiency anemia. The correct blood test is ferritin. If your ferritin is normal then the problem most likely will be found in the bone marrow. If I may be of further assistance please let me know. I wish you the very best of health and happiness and in all things may God bless. JR
