{"id":24653,"date":"2025-07-17T08:07:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T12:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24653"},"modified":"2025-07-17T08:07:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T12:07:32","slug":"maybe-its-not-just-aging-maybe-its-anemia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24653","title":{"rendered":"Maybe It\u2019s Not Just Aging. Maybe It\u2019s Anemia."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(By Paula Span for KFF Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gary Sergott felt weary all the time. \u201cI\u2019d get tired, short of breath, a sort of malaise,\u201d he said. He was cold even on warm days and looked pale with dark circles under his eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His malady was not mysterious. As a retired nurse anesthetist, Sergott knew he had anemia, a deficiency of red blood cells. In his case, it was the consequence of a hereditary condition that caused almost daily nosebleeds and depleted his hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that delivers oxygen throughout the body. Continue reading here…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health polity news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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