red blood cells carry hemoglobin an iron rich protein that attaches to oxygen in the lungs and carries it to tissues throughout the body anemia occurs when you do not have enough red blood cells or when your red blood cells do not function properlyron deficiency anemia is the most common type of anemia it happens when you do not have enough iron in your body iron deficiency is usually due to blood loss but may occasionally be due to poor absorption of iron
A straightforward, uncomplicated result can often be given within 2 to 3 days after the biopsy. A more complicated result can take 7 to 10 days if more testing on the tissue is needed. Talk with your doctor about how you will receive the results of your biopsy and who will explain these results to you.
If a temporal artery biopsy shows no signs of inflammation but your symptoms strongly suggest giant cell arteritis, you and your doctor will discuss the risks and benefits of treatment and of no treatment. You and your doctor will decide whether or not you will proceed with treatment.f you are taking high-dose corticosteroids, the biopsy result may not be accurate. In this case, any biopsy testing must be performed as soon as possible, preferably within 2 to 5 days. Biopsies done more than about a week after the start of high-dose corticosteroids may be falsely normal (false-negative).