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anemia

I have been told that my hemoglobin is 10.4, my ferritin is 5,  hemocrit is 33, I have a headache everyday, and am really tired, I also have pains in my chest that come and go, I went to the emergency room and was diagnosed with heartburn, so I have been taking nexium everyday, but I also have arthritis and was taking Celebrex. Since the blood work and the results the doctor told me to stop taking the Celebrex and just to take Tylenol instead.  The doctor now wants me to have an upper GI evaluation.  What could possibly be wrong?
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Thank you for your response.  I didn't start having heartburn until I had taken Mobic for 4 or 5 months, in February of this year I went to the emergency room with chest pain and my blood pressure was 165/113, my blood pressure is usually 110/72.  So I was a little concerned, they did lots of tests, x-ray, EKG, and came to the conclusion that it is was heartburn due to the mobic.  The doctor prescribed nexium, which I have been taking ever since, and it seems to help with the chest pain.  Since my blood pressure was high the doctor prescribed another arthritis medicine, can't remember what it was but it didnt seem to help, so he prescribed diclofenac and it caused me to retain water so he prescribed Celebrex, which I felt was working, but when I went for my regular check up he had blood work done and low iron were the results.  So now he is requesting the upper GI evaluation.  I am currently just taking extra-strength Tylenol.  I took Tylenol arthritis, but it didn't seem to help any more than just regular extra-strength Tylenol.

The pain I feel in my chest causes me to feel like it hurts to breath deeply.  It would sometimes cause me to wake in my sleep and I felt like I needed someone to burp me.  When I would finally belch it would be from way down deep.

My doctor put me on Ferosol to help restore my iron.  I started that yesterday.

Any other advise you have for me I would appreciate.  Oh and I don't have any problems swallowing food or water.

Thank you

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Hi,

Is your heart burn better with nexium? Do you have any difficulty in swallowing food or water?
The doctor is probably looking for esophagitis, gastritis or even gastric ulcer by doing an upper GI endoscopy. Long history of heartburn can result in any of these conditions and all of them can cause chest pain.
The tiredness could be due to low hemoglobin. I would suggest you to take plenty of green leafy vegetables and an Iron supplement to improve your hemoglobin levels.

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