most doctors
do not act on small divergences from the normal range.
The range itself is arbitrary as well, taken statistically from #s of patients only.
Labs can be off, and you can rerun the tests and get different #'s very easily.
Since you are a male however, any low iron is suspect. Do you take acid blocking drugs? that may be the answer. One has to have long term serious low B12 to show any anemia...some never show it.
Males do not lose iron normally. This leads to suspecting loss thru the kidneys, or GI tract.
There are genetic anemias, one called thalessemia..that affects people of mediteranean extraction (Greek, Italian, etc).
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