<p><strong>Indications</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 11px;">Before and after major surgery</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 11px;">Blood in your stools, or vomit (if you throw up)</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 11px;">Kidney disease or certain types of arthritis</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 11px;">During pregnancy, Fatigue, poor health, or unexplained weight loss</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 11px;">Headaches, Heavy menstrual periods</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 11px;">Leukemia or other problems in the bone marrow</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 11px;">Monitoring during treatment for cancer</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 11px;">Monitoring medicines that may cause anemia or low blood counts</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 11px;">Monitoring of anemia and its cause</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 11px;">Poor nutrition, Problems concentrating</li>
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<div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 11px;"><strong>LOWER THAN NORMAL HEMOGLOBIN</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 11px;">Hemoglobin level may be decreased due to:</div>
<div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 11px;">
<ul>
<li>Anemia, Bleeding</li>
<li>Bone marrow being unable to produce new red blood cells. This may be due to leukemia, other cancers, drug toxicity, radiation therapy, infection, or bone marrow disorders or thyroid problems.</li>
<li>Destruction of red blood cells (hemolysis), Leukemia, Malnutrition</li>
<li>Too little iron, folate, vitamin B12, and vitamin B6 in the diet</li>
</ul>
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<div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 11px;"><strong>HIGHER THAN NORMAL HEMOGLOBIN</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 11px;">High hemoglobin level is most often caused by low oxygen levels in the blood (hypoxia), present over a long period of time. Common reasons:</div>
<ul style="text-align: justify; font-size: 11px;">
<li>Bone marrow disease that causes abnormal increase in red blood cells (polycythemia vera)</li>
<li>Congenital heart disease</li>
<li>Exposure to high altitude</li>
<li>Failure of the right side of the heart</li>
<li>Low levels of oxygen in the blood</li>
<li>Too little water in the body (dehydration)</li>
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