 [ Symptoms ] what can cause anemia and enlarge neck lymph node in 52 yr old woman [ Disease ] you could be getting strep throat but normally if you are middle aged or older you will have problems with your iron levels especially with you being a woman i believe that they are not connected symptoms but i did search the symptoms together and the most common diagnosis is leukemia i believe that if you did have leukemia it wouldve been caught a long time ago not just recently so i would just go to the doctor and ask for a physical i hope this helps