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Anaemia?
Deficiency Of Iron
What is dimorphic anaemia?
iron deficiency anaemia with nomocytic macrocytic anaemia
Where did you get anemia?
Anaemia is an iron deficiency of the blood.
What mineral deficiency causes anaemia?
iron
How does Iron Deficiency anaemia develop?
by not eating enough iron
Anaemia occurs due to the deficiency of?
Iron Anaemia occurs due to the deficiency of ironas well as folic acid.
Why does anaemia not respond to iron injections?
because the main problem is not about having iron deficiency but having a low level of red blood cells in the blood.
What is the different between Iron Deficiency Anemia and B12 deficiency and how can you tell the differences in a patient when they both show similar signs?
Iron deficiency anaemia - as the name suggests - is caused by the lack of sufficient iron. Iron, inside the heme group of the protein Haemoglobin, is necessary to carry Oxygen (and carbon dioxide) inside the red blood cells. If the body tissues are not getting enough oxygen - hypoxia -, anaemia results. The reasons can be: - low dietary intake of heme iron (heme iron is easier to absorb) - malabsorption (prevention of iron absorption) - blood loss (iron lost along with the red blood cells) - increased demand (rapid growth, pregnancy, lactation) Vitamin B12 deficiency can also result in anaemia. The reasons can be: - Vitamin B12 deficiency - folate deficiency - liver disease/cirrhosis - alcoholism - pregnancy - myelodysplastic syndromes. Since anaemias (hypoxia) symptoms generally are the same, diagnosis is based on blood film (blood smear), and blood tests' results of - Hct = percentage of Red blood cells on whole blood, - RCC = red blood cell count, - MCV = Mean cell or corpuscule volume, - MCH = Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin, - MCHC Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, and also - Serum iron (SI) - Serum ferritin, - Transferrin saturation, - Total Iron binding Capacity (TIBC) . Iron deficiency anaemia: - Red blood cells are hypochromic (paler) and microcytic (smaller), due to less then normal contents of haemoglobin. - Target cells, - elliptocytes (pencil cells) Vitamin B12 deficiency: - Macrocytes (bigger red blood cells, due to delayed release from bone marrow) (Macrocytes are often associated with Macrocyic Anaemia, too) - Target cells, - stomatocytes - hypersegmented neutrophils. Haemoglobin level in both cases are decreased, but MCV (Mean cell volume) is - down in iron deficiency anaemia and - up in Vitamin B12 deficiency (Macrocytic anaemia). - ferritin level is always low in iron deficiency anaemia.
Why is iron used to cure anaemia?
Because anemia is caused by an iron deficiency.
What is the deficiency if I don't eat enough iron?
This is called anaemia.
What is ferrous sulfate used for?
Ferrous sulfate is often used as a coagulant in the treatment of water and wastewater. Answer It is commonly used for the treatment and prevention of iron deficiency anaemia.
Why do you produce pencil cells?
You're not supposed to. Hereditary Elliptocytosis, Iron deficiency anemia and other things cause you to.
