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Posted 2/21/2008 5:20 AM (GMT 0)
I have not seen this addressed before...are any of you anemic? I mean not just anemia from a flare , which I'm sure happens to all of us...but a condition called "anemia of chronic disease"??

I am now anemic with every CBC I have ,  and my doctor says it attributed to my "anemia of chronic disease".    I have had a full iron study done,  and  B12 done and those were ok I guess.   But now when I"m anemic the doctor doesn't think its a big deal.     I get a bit concerned, but I[m not sure if I should be...anyone else have this???? 

Posted 2/21/2008 5:34 AM (GMT 0)
Hm, I'm a nurse too, and I never heard that term before either, so I Googled it. (I Google everything now.) Merck says it is an anemia where the marrow is prevented from producing enough new RBC's, usually as a result of chronic infection, inflammation or cancer. It also said it's usually asymptomatic, and is treated by treating the underlying disease. Here's the link:

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec11/ch130/ch130d.html
Posted 2/21/2008 4:58 PM (GMT 0)
I am sorry to hear that you are having problems. I can't help but wonder if it is the Remicade. When I was having those killer joint pains, they tried to tell me I had developed Arthritis due to UC. Really? Overnight and severe like that? Hmm funny how now I am off the Remicade and I have zero joint pain and am exercising and feeling good, except for the darn flares! And how you never had this Anemia and after starting Remicade you do? Hmm. You aren't having bloody bms at all, are you? I'll admit I could be completely wrong about the Remicade. But it's just a guess. Lately I feel like all the meds for UC are like picking your poision. I'd still take Remicade over Prednisone any day, though.
Posted 2/22/2008 2:10 AM (GMT 0)

princesscolon said...
I am sorry to hear that you are having problems. I can't help but wonder if it is the Remicade. When I was having those killer joint pains, they tried to tell me I had developed Arthritis due to UC. Really? Overnight and severe like that? Hmm funny how now I am off the Remicade and I have zero joint pain and am exercising and feeling good, except for the darn flares! And how you never had this Anemia and after starting Remicade you do? Hmm. You aren't having bloody bms at all, are you? I'll admit I could be completely wrong about the Remicade. But it's just a guess. Lately I feel like all the meds for UC are like picking your poision. I'd still take Remicade over Prednisone any day, though.

Thanks deary!  cool    But,  actually I've had this anemia for quite awhile,  but today I received results from my GI and he marks that its abnormal,  but yet says its ok and that its stable.  I just think its so weird to be abnormal but yet normal.   It hasn't really gotten any worse since Remi...the blood result that HAS gotten worse is my White cell count.  It's below normal,  but the docs don't seem to be too concerned.   And the joint pains have gotten worse since my last flare, and since being on the remi.  But I always had them since the UC diagnosis...it just have gotten worse...and I"m wondering if the prednisone didn't have something to do with it.    It's known that Prednisone/steroids "ages"  you quicker than normal..so now I have joints of a 50 year old perhaps???  
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