Analyzing blood chemistry can be a very helpful tool in determining what a patient needs to improve their health, and of course why a patient is experiencing certain signs and symptoms. A patient will often bring in their blood work to me and tell me that the doctor who ordered the tests said everything was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘anemia’
How to Interpret Your Blood Tests: Part I
Posted in common conditions, tagged anemia, blood tests, vitamin B12 on March 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
ALL FISH CONTAIN TOXIC MERCURY!
Posted in common conditions, food, tagged anemia, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, digestive disorders, fatigue, fish, hypothyroidism, mercury on August 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
According the Associated Press (AP), every single fish tested from nearly 300 streams in the US were found to be contaminated with the toxic metal mercury. However, “only about a quarter had mercury levels exceeding what the Environmental Protection Agency says is safe for people eating average amounts of fish”. The EPA states on their [...]
Folic Acid/B12-deficiency anemia (megaloblastic & pernicious anemia)
Posted in common conditions, remedies, tagged anemia, blood tests, fatigue, homocysteine, remedies, supplements, vitamin B12, vitamins on August 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Let’s talk about two common types of anemia I see in my patients. They are self explanatory like iron-deficiency anemia. Megaloblastc anemia refers to a deficiency of folic acid and/or vitamin B12, and pernicious anemia refers to B12-deficiency specifically. Every single cell in your body requires folic acid and vitamin B12 in order to “mature” [...]
Iron-deficiency anemia
Posted in common conditions, remedies, tagged anemia, blood tests, depression, fatigue, female health, remedies, supplements on August 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It is quite common for a (female) patient to come to my office and tell me she is anemic. And very often, she has been diagnosed with it several months ago. My question is always: “Why are you still anemic if you found out about several months ago?” With the exception of some (rare) complications [...]
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