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This effect can cause anemia, decrease your body's ability to fight an infection, or cause easy bruising/bleeding. Tell your doctor right away if you have any of the following symptoms: unusual tiredness, pale skin, easy bruising/bleeding, signs of infection (such as fever, chills, persistent sore throat, cough). Pomalidomide sometimes causes side effects due to the rapid destruction of cancer cells (tumor lysis syndrome). To lower your risk, drink plenty of fluids unless your doctor directs you otherwise. Also, your doctor may prescribe an additional medication.
If in normocytic anemia the MCV is normal but RDW is increased, then a suspicion of an early case of folate, vitamin B12, or iron deficiency may be appropriate. Normally, prolonged cases of folate and vitamin B12 deficiency cause macrocytic anemia, where the red blood cells are large. Conversely, chronic cases of iron deficiency anemia, the leading cause of anemia worldwide, are microcytic. This is where red blood cells are small in size.