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The most prominent cause of Iron Deficiency Anemia is bleeding. Blood loss from the Gastrointestinal Tract is a significant cause of anemia for both men and women. When blood is present in excrement, a gastrointestinal problem exists. Many times, people are unaware of these problems with their waste products. When they begin to feel the symptoms of anemia and undergo tests that determine that they are anemic, it begins the process of discovering more health problems. Anemia can serve as the precursor of certain diseases. There are many instances when it is merely a sign of severe disease such as a peptic ulcer disease, gastritis, hemorrhoids, angiodysplasis of the colon, and colonic adenocarcinoma (http://www.physsportsmed.com/issues/sep_96/browne.htm).

Hemochromatosis, also called iron overload, is a disease when the body absorbs too much iron from the food we eat and most often affects the liver, heart, pancreas, and skin. It is usually caused by genes in the body that mutate keeping them from working. Some signs and symptoms of this disease are weakness, joint pain, low libido, and/or if the disease has progressed to far diabetes or heart failure. Hemochromatosis is one of the more difficult diseases to diagnose because many symptoms are nonspecific and usually many people don’t show as many symptoms except elevated iron levels in their blood. Most will be treated with blood transfusions until the normal level of iron is reached. If diagnosed early the prognosis is excellent with possible checkups or phlebotomies.

Jane is a 45yo, G2 P1001, who was seen for an ultrasound evaluation and consultation. She does have AMA but conceived during embryo transfer with a donor egg that is age 32. The father of the baby is 62. She does smoke vapor nicotine cigarettes. She has not smoked regular cigarettes for the past couple of years. She also does have asthma but is currently asymptomatic. She reportedly has had some seizures in the past but her last one occurred in 2007, about 9-10 years ago and she has not been treated for over 7 years and at this point in time is doing well and therefore medication would not be indicated at this point in time. She does have one previous delivery in 2013 that was by cesarean delivery. Lastly, she does have some issues with chronic back pain following a car accident and injuries in the past. Currently, however, she is only on acetaminophen by report. Overall, on today’s assessment she has no complaints other than she states that she has had some headaches off/on for the past couple of weeks.

The patient is an 84-year-old female who did stop her iron supplement, which she was taking for a history of iron deficiency anemia thought related to a Mallory-Weiss tear, which was seen on an EGD done in February 2015. Her hemoglobin and hematocrit had been stable. Because of her symptoms, I did ask her to stop the iron supplement. She does tell me her abdominal pain, increased stooling did go away, since that time, although, she does state today that several weeks ago she did have one further episode of it, but none since that time.

Feels tired all the time, running after her very active toddler and also 20 weeks pregnant. She has been diagnosed with anemia and fibroids.

The patient is a 29-year-old black female, G3P3, has a vaginal delivery five weeks ago. The patient reports that she has had difficulty going to sleep, decreased appetite, fatigue, increased mood swings. The patient says that she has been so tired and helpless so has been spending most of her time in the bed, and her mother has been taking care of the baby. So couple weeks ago she had a panic attack and was having difficulty breathing and was taken to ER. Her CT scan lungs showed bilateral pulmonary embolism, admitted for 5days and treated with heparin drip and discharged on Xarelto 15mg PO twice daily according to hospital records. The patient also had Depo shot post-delivery. Patient has no known drug

The first disease to be discussed by Dr. Moalem is an inherited disease called hemochromatosis. Hemochromatosis is a blood disorder that affects the body’s process of metabolizing iron. Normally, the body is able to notice when a sufficient amount of iron is present in the blood, and reduces iron absorption by the intestines. However, hemochromatosis disrupts the body’s ability to detect when enough iron is in the blood. Thus, the body absorbs iron continuously, even though there is enough. The iron overload can ultimately lead to liver failure, heart failure, diabetes, arthritis, infertility, psychiatric disorders, cancer, and death. It is difficult to diagnose hemochromatosis because symptoms such as joint pains are also symptoms of other

In this report I will be exploring two conditions and their implications on female athletes. The conditions I will be investigating in relation to female athletes are pregnancy and iron deficiency.

Hemochromatosis is an inherited recessive genetic disorder where the body absorbs and stores too much iron in the body. Often when iron is discussed in United States diets it is to combat the portion of our society that is anemic due to and iron-deficient diet, but we often fail to think about the other end of the spectrum. Unlike people with iron-deficiently anemia individuals with hemochromatosis have an excessive amount of iron in their body which can lead to overtime organ damage. “If hemochromatosis is not detected and treated early, it may eventually cause serious irreversible disorders such as arthritis, liver disease, heart disease and diabetes later in life.”1 Unfortunately there are few symptoms of the disease, and of those symptoms they are very generic like chronic fatigue, weakness, joint pain, depression, shortness of breath. As you can see those physical symptom can easily point to many different issues (including iron-deficient anemia) before a doctor will usually think about hemochromatosis. Hemochromatosis vague beginning symptoms are usually why is so underdiagnosed by doctors in the early stages. Thus many times hemochromatosis is not diagnosed until the progression

People may have an iron deficiency anemia for many several reasons. Some might have it because of ministration, celiac disease, gastric

The first disease to be discussed by Dr. Moalem is an inherited disease called hemochromatosis. Hemochromatosis is a blood disorder that affects the body’s process of metabolizing iron. Normally, the body is able to notice when a sufficient amount of iron is present in the blood, and reduces iron absorption by the intestines. However, hemochromatosis disrupts the body’s ability to detect when enough iron is in the blood. Thus, the body absorbs iron continuously, even though there is enough. The iron overload can ultimately lead to liver failure, heart failure, diabetes, arthritis, infertility, psychiatric disorders, cancer, and death. Symptoms of hemochromatosis include abnormal heartbeat rhythm and joint pains. It is difficult to diagnose

As the anemia intensifies, the symptoms could be severe exhaustion, shortness of the breath, fragility, mild pain in the chest, a quick heartbeat, a pale appearance, headaches, and possibly an ill-tempered or churlish disposition. Children and infants are more likely to develop iron-deficiency anemia is more likely to develop in children and infants; women or vegetarians may also be more susceptible, although this condition does not exclusively affect them. Anemia may also be inherited. To treat this form of anemia, it is recommended to see a medical professional, who would most likely endorse taking iron supplements and consuming iron-rich foods. Foods that contain ample amounts of iron include poultry, meat, seafood, dried fruit, dark leafy greens, and

She denies fever, chill and she states shortness of breath “as her breath being taken away which come suddenly over the course of minutes”. She states that void several times a day. She denies abdominal pain, vomiting and nausea. She states burning feeling before and after her void, she states that uses a commode. She states that has pain on a level 6/10 in lower extremities specially in his left heel when she walks.

Considering Ms. A’s signs and symptoms, including the laboratory results, she has iron deficiency anemia. To be able to diagnose Ms. A’s condition, the physician has to perform a physical examination for signs of iron-deficiency anemia. These exams include checking the color and complexion of the skin, gum, and nailbeds to see if they are pale. Listening to the heart for rapid and irregular heartbeats, auscultation of the lungs for fast and uneven breathing, and palpation of the abdomen to check for the size of the liver and spleen are three more test that is done to diagnose iron deficient patients. Also, pelvic and rectal examination to check for internal bleeding.