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Old Wed Mar 28, 2012, 09:54 AM
Neil Cuadra Neil Cuadra is offline
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Anja,

Have you had low HGB in any other recent test? Counts can vary day to day so you might have a higher or lower result one day than the next. Did they repeat the blood test to be sure that the low HGB is correct? In any case, I think you should pay close attention to the results of your next CBC (complete blood count) test.

If your HGB stays that low then yes aplastic anemia is a possible explanation, but it could also be some other condition, and could even be temporary. Watching your blood counts in the coming weeks or months will be important. The doctor may need to examine your bone marrow to look for the signs of aplastic anemia or to rule it out.

The horse-serum treatment you received was antithymocyte globulin (ATG) and it can reverse aplastic anemia, but it's not necessarily a permanent cure. Some patients eventually relapse, including adults who had AA and ATG as a child. Luckily, many patients repeat ATG and get the same benefit. See Andrea Pecor's profile for one example. Andrea has had ATG five times and is doing fine.
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