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THE ANAEMIAS - Coggle Diagram

- - - - provides red pigmentation
  - - - unloads oxygen from ferrous state Fe2+ --> ferric state Fe3+ and vice versa
- - - - 66% iron is stored as ferritin
        
        mainly in liver, other in bone marrow spleen and muscles
      - 33% stored as haemosiderin
        
        in cells outside of blood circulation
  - - - liver
    - - salmon
      - sardines
      - pilchards
      - tuna
- - - - microcytic
        
        iron deficiency
        
        thalassaemia
        
        other haemoglobin defects
        
        anaemia
      - macrocytic
        
        megaloblastic anaemia
        
        folic acid deficiency
        
        B12 deficiency
        
        autoimmune disease - pernicious anaemia
        
        non megaloblastic anaemia
        
        myelodysplastic syndromes
        
        liver disease
      - normocytic
        
        haemolytic anaemia
        
        acute blood loss
        
        anaemia of chronic disease
  - - - 120-155g/l adult females
      - 130-170g/l adult males
- - - - iron replete
      - iron deplete
      - iron deficient
  - - - pallor
      - sore mouth
      - brittle nails
      - dysphagia
      - glossitis
      - abnormal appetite
      - hair thinning
      - lassitude
      - fatigue
      - tachycardia