HEMATOLOGY
Etiology:
Chronic blood loss
Poor dietary intake or malabsorption
Pathogenesis:
Depleted iron stores → ↓ hemoglobin synthesis → microcytic, hypochromic anemia
Clinical Features:
Fatigue, pallor, weakness
Koilonychia (spoon nails)
Glossitis, angular cheilitis
Pica (craving for non-food items)
Treatment:
Oral/IV iron replacement
Treat underlying cause of blood loss