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Can kidney stones cause anemia?

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Chronic kidney failure can cause anemia. This is due to a decreased secretion of the hormone erythropoietin. This hormone is a necessary stimulus for normal bone marrow to produce red blood cells. read more

Also if you have chronic issues with kidney stones it can damage the kidneys(so called chronic kidney disease) and because the kidney help regulate blood count levels(through EPO - a special hormone), if the kidneys secrete less of this, then you can develop anemia. read more

Not always, but sometimes it can cause anemia. Some stones can cause bleeding when it scartches the inner layer of the tubes that carry urine from kidneys to urinary bladder (which includes renal pelvis and ureter). This leads to loss of blood which inturn can cause anemia. read more

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