Clinical features of iron deficiency anemia are
Presence of anaemia.
H/o pica that is eating of strange non-nutrient items such as
- Eating of clay is called as geophagia.
- Eating of Ice is called as pagophagia.
- Eating of cornstarch is called as amylophagia
Angular stomatitis, cheilosis.
Koilonychia.
Dysphagia due to Plummer-Vinson syndrome or Paterson-Kelly syndrome.
Mild splenomegaly, rarely seen in iron deficiency anemia
What are the common causes of iron deficiency anaemia?
- Nutritional deficiency.
- Bleeding peptic ulcer.
- Bleeding haemorrhoids.
- Hookworm infestation.
- Malabsorption syndrome.
- Menorrhagia.
- Pregnancy, lactation.
