ANEMIA OF CHRONIC DISEASE

Anemia of chronic disease:

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Cause decreasing release of iron from the bone marrow for developing erythroblasts and decreasing red cell survival.
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Different chronic disease cause this kind of anemia/ normocytic or microcytic anemia/

And need to be differentiated from iron deficiency.

By iron laboratory findings.

Chronic diseases are:

Chronic infections.

CRF. Chronic renal failure.

Inflammatory disease.

Malignancy.

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 Treatment:

Controlling and treating the underlying disease.
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Internal medicine.
Dr.Zafer Maklad
zafernm@yahoo.com