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[microcyticanaemias] Flashcards

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Blood loss via menstruation

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hookworm (GI bleeding)

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coeliacs

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koilonychia

angular stomatitis

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poikilocytosis

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anisocytosis

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low (high TIBC)

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lack of iron means the precursor to haem (protoporphyrin 9) associated with a zinc iron.

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raised

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ferritin

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poor diet (rarely in adults)

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history of menorrhagia

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Ferrous sulphate (200mg PO)

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diarrhoea/constipation
nausea
discomfort abdominal

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until normal level reached. then for 3 months (replenish)

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investigate GI loss (colonoscopy, barium enema, gastroscopy)

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if hookworm ova suspected (tropics)

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microcytic anaemia unresponsive to iron

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sideroblasts with characteristic peri-nucleur ring of iron granules

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iron deposition

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increased

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Pyridoxine

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oral route not tolerated

functional iron deficiency (renal failure)

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High

High

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unmatched globin chains precipitating, damaging membranes and rupture in the marrow

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beta-globin

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B+/B+
B0/B0
B+/B0

where ‘B+’ is decreased and ‘B0’ is no beta-globin

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HbA
HbA2
HbF

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alpha2beta2

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alpha2delta2

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alpha2gamma2

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trait aka minor

Alpha2:Bnormal/B+

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increased (>3.5%)

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failure to thrive
severe anaemia
extramedullary haematopoeisis (skull bossing)

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‘hair on end’ due to increased marrow activity

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Iron deposition

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MCV
FBC
Iron 
HbA2 (rises)
MRI
Film
Electrophoresis Hb
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Different variants of Hb (adult, fetal, A2)

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Deposition of iron

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Transfusions
increased iron uptake in gut
haemolysis

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hepatosplenomegaly

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Hypochromic
Microcytic
Nucleated

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Abnormalities in Hb

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Lifelong transfusions (every 2-4 weeks)

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suppress abnormal bossing/extra-medullary growth

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Siderosis/overload after 10 years

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pancreas --> DM)
Cardiac (reduced exercise tolerance)
Hypothyroidism 
Hypocalcaemia
Hypogonadism
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Osteopenia

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Zoledronic acid

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bisphosphonate

Reduced osteoclastic activity

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not requiring transfusions

moderate anaemia

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b+/ and another haemoglobinopathy e.g. sickle cell

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healthy diet

fitness/exercise

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deficiency due to reduced extreme demands by very active bone. Could progress to megaloblastic anaemia.

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Iron chelators

Deferiprone + desferrioxamie sc 2xweekly

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Deferiprone
+
desferrioxamie

SC
twice weekly

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cataracts
retinal damage
deafness

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ascorbic acid

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persistent hypersplenism with increasing transfusion requirements

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Bone marrow transplant

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All 4 alpha genes deleted (a-a-/a-a-) therefore no alpha chains

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death in utero

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moderate anaemia

haemolysis

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Beta tetramers

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asymptomatic

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MCV reduced.

HAEMATOLOGY (25 decks)

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