I am 17 years old and i have severe iron deficiency and Anemia!! My Hemoglobin stays aroud 8.0 and my ferritin levels stay at less than 1! THis makes me vey tired all the time, lightheaded and dizzy….and not to mention the headaches that i have been getting lately!! I hany tests lately and now my doctor wants me to have a bone marrow aspiration to check to see if i have something called APLASTIC ANEMIA!! I am really scared i don’t now what this is and i am scared that this test will hurt!!
Does the Bone marrow Biopsy hurt?
Will they sedate me so that i will not feel anything?
What exactly is Aplastic Anemia?
Does this mean that i may have some sort of cancer!
THanks so much for answering It means a lot to me!!!
24
Oct
What Is A Bone Marrow Aspiration?
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You will be under general anesthesia when you get the bone marrow aspiration. They will tap into your bone (usually the hip) with a needle, and then they will draw about 2-5mL of bone marrow. The marrow is then put into a sterile tube and sent to a cytogenetics lab. They will analyze your bone marrow and give your doctor the results, usually in 4 days. Your doctor may also smear some of the marrow onto a slide, do a differential stain, and may have some preliminary information by the time you wake up. You will be sore for a couple of days.
Keep your chin up and get well.
C-ya
Bone Marrow Aspiration is a rather long needle that will go into your bone and aspirate or pull out a sample of your bone marrow. I doubt if you will be sedated but there will definitely be some anasthesia given. I’m sorry you have to suffer like that. I bet its hard, but I hope they find what’s going on and be able to give you some relief. Keep the faith.