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Iron deficiency anaemia is not an uncommon disorder. A large number of population is of developing countries such as Pakistan is affected by iron deficiency anaemia. Women are more affected as compared to men due to obvious reason such as menorrhagia, polymenorrhagia, Postpartum bleeding etc. Signs on Physical Examination The physical examination can show: Tachycardia Smooth tongue Brittle nails Koilonychia Pallor PICA Oesophagal webs.  Stages of Iron Deficiency Iron deficiency anaemia is divided into three stages, Stage 1 is called negative iron balance,  More iron is used than intake, but there will be no anaemia, no change in RBC morphology, but iron stores will be low. Stage 2 is called iron-deficient erythropoiesis.  Iron stores are depleted, the hypochromic picture may appear in the RBC morphology Stage 3 is the iron deficiency anaemia Haemoglobin decreases with hypochromic and microcytic RBC morphology.  Diagnosis of Iron Defici...

Definition of Anemia/What is Anemia: Anaemia may be defined as a state in which the blood haemoglobin level is below 13.5 g/dl in an adult male and below 11.5 g/dl in an adult female. Symptoms Of Anemia: Those problems which can be described a patient are called symptoms. For example, a patient can tell a doctor that he has a fever, headache, back pain, abdominal pain etc, All these are symptoms. Symptoms of Anemia are given below: Fatigue A headache Faintness Breathlessness Angina of effort Palpitation Intermittent claudication Signs Of Anemia: Signs are elicited by a doctor or another person, the patient may be unaware of them, for example, a patient may tell you that he has a fever, but he may not tell you that he has yellow or pale eyes or tachycardia (rapid heart beats). So, yellow or pale eyes and tachycardia are signs. Signs of Anemia are given below: Non-specific Signs of Anemia: Following signs can be present in anemia of all types Paler skin, conjunctiva ...