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Fe Deficiency Anaemia - Coggle Diagram
Fe Deficiency Anaemia
Clinical features
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pica - inappropriate eating of non food substances e.g. chalk, soil, gravel, foam rubber
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Dietary Fe sources
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Average
breast milk (low content, but 50% absorbed)
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dDx
B-thalassaemia (in Asian, Arabic or Mediterranean children)
a-thalassaemia (African, Far East)
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Tx
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blood transfusion never necessary in diet fe deficient anaemia, even if Hb 2-3
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Intro
common in infants
they need additional Fe for increase in blood vol due to growth, + to build up their Fe stores