What are the clinical features of iron deficiency
anaemia?
Common clinical features of iron deficiency anaemia
are:
1. H/o pica (eating of non-nutrient items like clay, ice,
cornstarch)
2. Pallor
3. Glossitis (pale and smooth tongue)
4. Angular stomatitis, cheilosis (Fig. 2.9)
5. Brittle nails/hairs, koilonychia
6. Dysphagia (Plummer-Vinson syndrome or
Patterson-Kelly syndrome)
7. Mild splenomegaly.
NB: In iron deficiency anaemia: Serum iron as well as ferrtin is reduced, and TIBC (total iron binding
capacity) is increased.
anaemia?
Common clinical features of iron deficiency anaemia
are:
1. H/o pica (eating of non-nutrient items like clay, ice,
cornstarch)
2. Pallor
3. Glossitis (pale and smooth tongue)
4. Angular stomatitis, cheilosis (Fig. 2.9)
5. Brittle nails/hairs, koilonychia
6. Dysphagia (Plummer-Vinson syndrome or
Patterson-Kelly syndrome)
7. Mild splenomegaly.
NB: In iron deficiency anaemia: Serum iron as well as ferrtin is reduced, and TIBC (total iron binding
capacity) is increased.