question: I had a CBC recently as art of a physical. Everything was normal except the doc said I was severly anemic with microcytic cells. A subsequent test for iron levels found my iron to be normal at 47 (30-170 quoted as he normal range). I am 42 (female) so I think it would be odd that this could be thalassemia (the doc mentioned this as a possibility). I am now being referred to a hematologist. Thoughts about what this could be? My other symptoms include brittle splitting nails, pica (ice), fatigue, dizziness and breathlessness on exertion, pale inner eyelids and gums. Currently I also have a sore throat, I also have severe allergies and recurring sinus infections.