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Iron Deficiency

Sign/Symptoms
Anaemia (Anemia) Appetite Loss (Anorexia) Fainting (Syncope)

Drugs
Ferrous Sulfate

Treatments
Medical Procedure Treat Underlying Disorder Medical Therapy Treat Underlying Disorder Weakly in Favour Low Evidence

Attributes
Incidence is approximately 1 in 24 people

Further Tests
Erythrocyte Fragility Test (Osmotic Fragility, OF) Percentage NaCl at which Hemolysis begins (Decreased) Percentage NaCl at which Hemolysis is complete (Decreased) Ferritin Concentration Ferritin (Decreased) Free Erythrocyte Protoporphyrin (FEP) Concentration Free Erythrocyte Protoporphyrin (FEP) (Increased) Heamatocrit (Hct) RBC Mass (Decreased) Hemoglobin (Hb) Concentration Hemoglobin (Hb) (Decreased) Iron Concentration Iron (Decreased) Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH) Weight Test Hemoglobin (Hb) (Decreased) Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) Hemoglobin (Hb) (Decreased) Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) Red Blood Cell (RBC) Volume (Decreased) Platelet Count Platelets (Increased) Protein Electrophoresis (Blood, Serum Protein) Beta Globulin (Increased) Red Blood Cell (RBC) Count Red Blood Cells (RBC) (Decreased) Red Blood Cell Distribution Width (RDW) Test Red Blood Distribution Width (RDW) (Increased) Reticulocyte Absolute Count Reticulocytes (Decreased)

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