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it that in the definition of Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction
Syndrome (& subsets of slight variations: CFS, ME, FM) that it is
said doctors do not find 'the FATIGUE' Do you feel fatigued? and have any of the other signs that those in this group would have? Besides horrible headaches, there is serious depression, short term memory loss, those kinds of things Since for this group there is more than one thing wrong, RDW would be UP for those with AIHA and DOWN for those with arthritic pains, etc, etc, etc. 'the numbers' don't tell what is going on. My friend had 'anemia' but they couldn't pin it down, and eventually pancreatic cancer showed up after FLU, and after many weeks of horrible headaches and 'the chills'. I asked her in February what they found out about the anemia and she said that she heard no more about it. From what was going on the last days of her life, it sounded like she died from autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Her feet were turning blue, she had rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath; 'the chills' and probably abnormal body temperature (high or low) She died on March 2 of this year. I think that if doctors would have the lab techs LOOK at the red blood cells they would find some irregularities. But for the most of people they are concentrating on one of the side issues, and the anemia that is showing, doesn't seem important Even if 'the numbers' show an appropriate level of hemoglobin, doesn't mean these type of red blood cells can adequately utilize it. Usually the counts of red blood cells are borderline normal, and this anemia 'hides out' http://www.valdezlink.com/re/msn/avoid2beforhealth-mm/findanemiaforproof.htm
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Shortness of breath is one of the
symptoms of autoimmune hemolytic anemia. I found it on the list of
symptoms of AIHA in a medical dictionary. I think VP Dick Cheney has
had the same symptoms with it being unrelated to any heart issue. |
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