This is the most sensitive test for iron deficiency anaemia.
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*Gastrointestinal bleeding may be self-limiting but chronic bleeding may lead to iron deficiency anaemia.
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There are many diseases where failure to adequately absorb iron contributes to iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia.
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Iron deficiency anaemia is found as often in nonvegetarians as in vegetarians, though studies have shown vegetarians'iron stores to be lower.
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The latter alleviates iron deficiency anaemia, which interferes with the mental development of an estimated 40 % of infants in the developing world.
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More than 1 billion people live with iron deficiency anaemia and it is the leading cause of death for an estimated 180, 000 people every year.
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In many cases, the pregnant women and mothers lack in iron, causing iron deficiency anaemia; some women also deal with neural tube birth defects all of these which may be passed onto their children.
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In a recent report by The Rural Education Action Project on children in rural China, many were found to be suffering from basic health problems . 34 percent have iron deficiency anaemia and 40 percent are infected with intestinal worms.
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Some of the most common diseases that these young children are facing are hunger : iron deficiency anaemia, vitamin A deficiency, and mentally impaired ( iodine deficiency ), and childhood diseases : acute respiratory infections, diarrhoeal disease, and malaria.
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As a result, the stomach's secretion of essential substances such as hydrochloric acid, pepsin, and intrinsic factor is impaired, leading to vitamin B 12 deficiency which results in a megaloblastic anemia and malabsorbtion of iron, leading to iron deficiency anaemia.
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