Health and Fitness

The following information is not to be taken as a means to engage in some sort of treatment apart from the medical profession, but merely information to perhaps be shared with your PCP and used in conjunction with suggested therapy. Before any procedure is done in a hospital setting, especially when one is anemic and may be facing surgery, it would only make sense to "build" the red blood cells to an acceptable level prior to any surgical intervention, if indeed the blood labs indicate anemia.