Clinical Aspect
-Neurologic effect:
Infants 1 10
Children 0.5 5
Young women 2.0 20
Pregnant moms 3.0 30
Men & 1 10
postmenopausal
Consequences of Iron deficiency Anaemia
4. Lack of concentration
Growth Iron
Increased
Pregnancy & Lactation
requirements
Acute bleeding
Chronic blood loss
Blood loss
Poor sanitation &
parasitism
reduced Hb concentration
moderate Severe
Normal
TREATMENT
It basically requires
3. supplementation of iron
Treatment
Nutritional counselling:
- Iron deficiency Is often due to poor intake rather than
blood loss
- The key success in the management of iron deficiency
is propper nutritional counseling
- Prolonged breast feeding
- Introduction / consumption of iron rich weaning food
- Most iron – deficiency respond well to treatment with oral iron
- iron states present at birth and highly bioavailable iron
in breastfeeding protect an infant from iron deficiency
anaemia up to 6 month (3 month in preterm baby )
DEFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
1. Beta thalassemia trait
2. Anemia of chronic disease
3. Sideroblastic anemia
Deferentiating iron deficiency anaemia from beta thalasemia