Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.nacamar.de!news.tiscali.de!not-for-mail From: "kev" Newsgroups: fj.sci.medical Subject: Anemia Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 22:26:00 +0200 Organization: Tiscali - A european company Lines: 20 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: p213.54.248.140.tisdip.tiscali.de X-Trace: innferno.news.tiscali.de 1054671952 49282 213.54.248.140 (3 Jun 2003 20:25:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@de.tiscali.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 3 Jun 2003 20:25:52 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.sci.medical:19 Hi there all I don't know if this is the right news group for this sort of thing but here goes anyway: A female family member has recently become anemic. She is 60 years old. She has experienced normal symptoms that go along with being anemic, pale in colour, short of breath etc. and has been given blood transfusion a few times which has temporarily eased the symptoms. My question is, what causes anemia ?? She seems quite healthy otherwise and even after some extensive testing, doctors seem to be clueless as to the cause. Thanks in advance Kevin Dewar