introduction: children’s iron deficiency anemia is the most common nutritional problem; it plays an important role in reducing the child’s scientific and practical abilities. this study aims at reviewing the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in 1 to 6 year old children referring to the city health care centers in jahrom. material and methods: this is a descriptive-analytical and cross-sectio...

this study was carried out to compare the effect between nutrition education intervention and non-nutrition education intervention on awareness regarding iron deficiency among schooling adolescents in tanah merah, one of rural district in kelantan, malaysia.this study which was started in year 2010 involved 280 respondents (223 girls, 57 boys, age: 16 yr) from schools in tanah merah. the select...

background: among the many complications reported for cirrhosis, iron deficiency anemia (ida) has attracted much attention. this type of anemia, in contrast to other types of anemia, is easy to treat prophylactically, but if left untreated can lead to a poor quality of life. the aim of this study was to estimate the hemoglobin and serum iron levels among patients with liver cirrhosis for the ea...

we studied the prevalence of iron-deficiency anaemia in women of reproductive age, between 15 to 49, with a mean age of 31-56±1.34 years, attending mirzakoochak khan hospital ob. gyn. center for routine gynecological and obstetrical examination. we compa'tred mean values for the serum tests and haematological data and investigated etiological factors such as age, marital status, education, spou...

background: menstrual migraine (mm) is a subgroup of migraine headache that affect the quality of life of patients in menstrual age. iron deficiency anemia (ida) is the most common cause of anemia, especially in women of reproductive age. objectives: to determine the association of iron deficiency anemia with menstrual migraine. materials and methods: this descriptive-analytic study was conduct...

introduction: hemodialysis patients often develop resistance to recombinant human erythropoietin due to functional iron deficiency. in these patients iron therapy can be hazardous leading to hemosiderosis. recent studies have suggested that intravenous ascorbic acid may be able to improve this hyporeponsiveness. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of intravenous ascorbic acid on fu...

background functional iron deficiency (fid) may cause erythropoietin resistance in patients under hemodialysis (hd). since the role of chronic inflammation or oxidative stress in its pathogenesis is unclear, controversy remains to whether intravenous iron or intravenous ascorbic acid (an antioxidant) can improve this anemia due to decreased iron availability. objectives the current study compar...

background: the iron deficiency anemia (ida) is a common cause of referral to medical departments. chronic gastrointestinal (gi) blood loss is important cause of ida and also an alarming sign of serious underlying disease. the information concerning ideal evaluation of the gastrointestinal tract in patients with the ida is scant. we designed a prospective study to determine the frequency of gi ...