The elderly is an important demographic population that is growing rapidly in the context of the increasing prevalence of anemia with age. While decreased hemoglobin levels were previously considered a normal consequence of aging,...
Anemia means a deficiency of red blood cells and/or decreased hemoglobin concentration 2 grams below the normal mean for a person, i.e. below 14 g/dl for men and below 12 g/dl for women. Microcytic...
In adults, the amount of iron lost from the body is relatively small. Men lose about 0.6 mg/day, largely in the stools. Women have a variable, larger loss averaging twice this value because of...
