[microcyticanaemias] Flashcards
Blood loss via menstruation
hookworm (GI bleeding)
coeliacs
koilonychia
angular stomatitis
poikilocytosis
anisocytosis
low (high TIBC)
lack of iron means the precursor to haem (protoporphyrin 9) associated with a zinc iron.
raised
ferritin
poor diet (rarely in adults)
history of menorrhagia
Ferrous sulphate (200mg PO)
diarrhoea/constipation
nausea
discomfort abdominal
until normal level reached. then for 3 months (replenish)
investigate GI loss (colonoscopy, barium enema, gastroscopy)
if hookworm ova suspected (tropics)
microcytic anaemia unresponsive to iron
sideroblasts with characteristic peri-nucleur ring of iron granules
iron deposition
increased
Pyridoxine
oral route not tolerated
functional iron deficiency (renal failure)
High
High
unmatched globin chains precipitating, damaging membranes and rupture in the marrow
beta-globin
B+/B+
B0/B0
B+/B0
where ‘B+’ is decreased and ‘B0’ is no beta-globin
HbA
HbA2
HbF
alpha2beta2
alpha2delta2
alpha2gamma2