How is anemia diagnosed?
Your symptoms definitely could be anemia related, and the tingling is making me wonder if possibly you have an anemia secondary to a vitamin b12 deficiency. Anemia is diagnosed by taking blood and then looking at your hemoglobin level. If I remember correctly, you have anemia if you have a drop of 10% in your hemoglobin below the normal range. Most men have a hemoglobin from about 125-170 (different labs will have slightly different numbers), and women are about 115-150. So if you have a Hemoglobin of 100, you’re anemic. Usually anemia is not an instant thing…it’s a process that grumbles over time, and it eventually gets noticed when a person starts having symptoms. The only time anemia is really instant is when it happens from bleeding.
