Over a 2-month period, 200 type 1 diabetic patients attending a paediatric diabetic clinic in Cairo, Egypt were screened for anaemia and other complications of diabetes. The mean age was 11.2 years and the mean duration of diabetes was 4.0 years. Anaemia was diagnosed in 75 patients (37.5%) overall: 45 had microcytic hypochromic anaemia, 18 normocytic normochromic and 12 macrocytic hyperchromic...

Post-cricoid carcinoma occurs mainly in women and is often associated with a history of iron-deficiency anaemia. In some cases dysphagia has been present for many years. An association of this type of cancer with pernicious anaemia is not generally recognized. A recent study of 93 cases of post-cricoid carcinoma (Jacobs, 1961a) showed that 29 had suffered from iron-deficiency anaemia and that f...

The role of Helicobacter pylori infection in the development of iron deficiency anaemia has been the focus of attention over the past decade. However, confirmation of a relationship has not confirmed the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in the phenomenon. The aim of the present work is to study the levels of fasting gastric acidity (free and total) as well as the level of tumour necrosis ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Anaemia and iron deficiency (ID) are common complications in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In patients undergoing iron therapy, intravenous iron supplementation is recommended in preference to oral therapy. This study evaluated routine practice in the management of IBD-associated anaemia and ID to verify implementation of international treatment guidelines. MATER...

Anaemia is a common complication associated with inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis). It substantially impairs quality of life, makes therapy more complicated, and increases costs of treatment. It seems that anaemia therapy is suboptimal in this group of patients in the Polish population. The recommendations presented below provide iron deficiency anaemia manage...

BACKGROUND Anaemia is a major public health problem in developing countries, contributing significantly to morbidity and mortality amongst children under-five years of age. About 43 % of under-fives are anaemic worldwide, and two-thirds reside in sub-Saharan Africa. Even where blood transfusion is available for treatment there is still a significant case fatality rate ranging between 6 and 18 %...

In a study of 133 anaemic and 111 nonanaemic hospital patients pallor of recent onset was the only symptom which was significantly associated with the severity of the anaemia. Dizziness in acute blood loss anaemia, and anorexia and painful tongue in vitamin-B12 deficiency, were the only symptoms which might be helpful in diagnosing the type of anaemia. The frequency of glossitis in patients wit...

In two recent studies from Israel, Silverberg and colleagues noted that anaemia was common in chronic heart failure (CHF). 2 Moreover, treatment with combined erythropoietin and intravenous ferrous sulfate not only increased haemoglobin concentrations but, more importantly, was associated with improvements in cardiac function, New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class, renal function, ...