Addisonian Pernicious Anaemia in Young Bantu Females

Pernicious anaemia in a young adult.

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Influence of achlorhydria on aspirin-induced occult gastrointestinal blood loss: studies in Addisonian pernicious anaemia.

The effect of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) ingestion on occult gastrointestinal blood loss has been studied in patients with treated Addisonian pernicious anaemia and proved achlorhydria and in control patients able to secrete hydrochloric acid. A highly significant increase in gastrointestinal blood loss (1.9 ml./day of treatment) occurred with aspirin ingestion in the achlorhydric patients....

Family study in Addisonian pernicious anemia.

Pernicious anaemia.

DEFICIENCY of vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) in man results in a macrocytic animia, leucopa2nia, the appearance of megaloblasts and giant band cells in the marrow, reduced formation of platelets, and also-changes in the peripheral and central nervous systems. In temperate climates the most common cause of vitamin B12 deficiency is pernicious anaemia. This is by no means a rare disease, having an ...

Pernicious anaemia in a young man presenting with dyspepsia.

Addisonian pernicious anaemia is largely a disease of the middle-aged and elderly with only 2-6% of cases diagnosed below the age of 30 years (Chanarin, 1979). Patients usually attend their physician with symptoms suggestive of anaemia or glossitis although other symptoms may become apparent on close questioning. We describe a case of pernicious anaemia in a young man presenting solely with upp...