I am a 44 year old female.  I eat a healthy diet and I exercise regularly.  I recently spend two night in hospital with pneumonia.  During my stay at the hospital, I had a visit from an internist who told me that I was severely anemic with a hemoglobin level of 77.  He also said that it did not appear to be diet related or a deficiency.  Nor did he think that I was losing blood somewhere.  He thinks it has something to do with production of red blood cells in the bone marrow.  I am currently taking 600mg of iron and am waiting to see my family physician at the end of this week.  I was wondering if you had any thoughts.  Thank you
Thanks for query. To comment on the cause and type of anemia you have got I need to know other values like MCV, MCHC etc. For time being as you intern said it is something related to decreased blood production .it may be folate or B12 or iron deficiency .as you are being treated with iron alone I assume it to be iron deficiency. If it is the case you need to undergo bone marrow biopsy to know the cause and treat accordingly. Regards