Blood

Title
Blood
Publication Date
2010
Author(s)
Brown, Rhonda
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Place of publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Edition
2
UNE publication id
une:7737
Abstract
Haemoglobin is usually slightly low due to the anaemia of chronic disease. This is a secondary sideroblastic anaemia that results from impaired transfer of iron to red blood cells in states of illness. Anaemia in anorexia nervosa can also be due to deficiencies of iron, vitamin B12, folic acid and, rarely, copper. Anaemia can be caused by self-phlebotomy. Self-phlebotomy should be suspected if haemoglobin level drops quickly, if haemoglobin level has dropped more than 30%, if there is an associated iron deficiency, if there is no nutrient deficiency or if there are unexplained needle marks. Almost all cases of self-phlebotomy occur in health care workers. Rarely, marrow failure will result from drug toxicity or just from malnutrition itself. This can be life-threatening.
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Citation
Medical Management of Eating Disorders, p. 56-57
ISBN
9780521727105
0521727103
Start page
56
End page
57

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