it is well-known that deficiency or over exposure to various elements has noticeable effects on human health. the effect of an element is determined by several characteristics, including absorption, metabolism, and degree of interaction with physiological processes. iron is an essential element for almost all living organisms as it participates in a wide variety of metabolic processes, includin...

introduction: iron deficiency (id) is the most prevalent nutritional disorder in the world. the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia (ida) is about 9% in toddlers, 9-11% in adolescent girls and less than 1% in teenage boys. ida presents when there is not sufficient iron for haemoglobin synthesis. in particular it has negative effects on the behavior, cognitive performance, immune system and phy...

background: iron deficiency and its related anemia, which is the world’s most widespread nutritional deficiency, can be one of the possible consequences of regular blood donation. this research was carried out to compare iron stores in regular blood donors and first-time blood donors in tehran regional blood transfusion center. materials and methods: this study was carried out on 2,149 male blo...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate food intake, occurrence of energy-protein malnutrition and anemia, and intestinal iron absorption in children with chronic liver disease. METHODS The study included 25 children with chronic liver disease, 14 with cholestasis and 11 without cholestasis. The age varied between 6.5 months and 12.1 years. Intestinal iron absorption was evaluated by the increment of serum iro...

Background: Anemia has a very high prevalence across the world. Microcytic anemia is the most common nutritional disorder and a major health problem in infants and children associated with inadequate growth and development. Diagnosing anemia at the birth can be difficult. Due to the fact that conditions such as thalassemia and iron deficiency are causative factors of microcytic anemia are preva...

OBJECTIVE Celiac disease is an important cause of chronic diarrhea, failure to thrive, and anemia in children. Mode of presentation of celiac disease has changed in last few years. Study was conducted to determine the mode of clinical presentation of a large group of patients with celiac disease and whether there has been a change in the presentation with the time. METHODS A prospective study...

hemoglobinopathies are the most common single gene disorders worldwide with a considerable frequency in certain area particularly mediterranean and middle eastern countries. hemoglobinopathies include structural variants of hemoglobin (hb s, hb c, hbe,…) and thalassaemias which are inherited defects in the globin chains synthesis. the present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of h...

The serum level of erythropoietin was measured in 31 patients with anemia secondary to chronic infection or malignancy and compared with erythropoietin levels in 23 patients with iron-deficiency anemia and 14 patients with primary hematopoietic diseases. Erythropoietin levels varied directly with the degree of anemia in patients with iron deficiency or primary hematopoietic disorders. There was...

absence of nutritional knowledge is one of the most important reasons of nutritional deficiencies. the aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practices of women about iron deficiency anemia in yazd and orumiyeh. this cross-sectional study was performed on 298 and 242, 15-49 year- old women in yazd and orumiyeh, respectively. questionnaires were prepared to collect the partici...