Iron deficiency anemia

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Blood cells

Reticulocytes

Anemia - iron deficiency

• Pale skin color
• Fatigue
• Irritability
• Weakness
• Shortness of breath
• Sore tongue
• Brittle nails
• Unusual food cravings (called pica)
• Decreased appetite (especially in children)
• Headache - frontal
• Blue tinge to sclerae (whites of eyes)

• Low hematocrit and hemoglobin (red blood cell measures)
• Small red blood cells
• Low serum ferritin
• Low serum iron level
• High iron binding capacity (TIBC) in the blood
• Blood in stool (visible or microscopic)

Review Date: 09/11/2006
Reviewed By: Corey Cutler, MD, MPH, FRCP(C), Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.