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Verifed Ace the Test
Pernicious anemia - ANSWER ✔✔lack of intrinsic factor, decreased
b12
Pernicious anemia s/s - ANSWER ✔✔beefy red tongue, fatigue,
paresthesia of hands/feet, fatigue
macrocytic anemias - ANSWER ✔✔Pernicious anemia, folate
deficiency anemia >103mm
causes of macrocytic anemias - ANSWER ✔✔liver disease, low b12
or folate, gastrectomy, malabsorption, alcoholics
, microcytic anemia - ANSWER ✔✔iron deficiency, anemia of chronic
disease late stage, lead poisoning, thalassemias,, occult blood in stool,
menorrhagia, <87mm
normocytic anemia - ANSWER ✔✔anemia of chronic disease, sickle
cell, impaired bone marrow, hemolytic anemia, 87-103mm
primary storage for iron - ANSWER ✔✔ferritin >100 = normal
increased ferritin - ANSWER ✔✔inflammatory disease, hepatitis,
CRF,
transferrin - ANSWER ✔✔regulates iron absorption and transport in
body, low levels = protein malnutrition, >200 is normal
total iron binding capacity (TIBC) - ANSWER ✔✔high when iron low
240-450
> 400 with iron deficiency anemia
Primary hypothyroidism - ANSWER ✔✔High TSH, low T3 and T4
Secondary hypothyroidism - ANSWER ✔✔low TSH, low T3/T4,
malfunction of pituitary
Hashimoto's thyroiditis - ANSWER ✔✔autoimmune thyroiditis, high
TSH, low T3/T4
Verifed Ace the Test
Pernicious anemia - ANSWER ✔✔lack of intrinsic factor, decreased
b12
Pernicious anemia s/s - ANSWER ✔✔beefy red tongue, fatigue,
paresthesia of hands/feet, fatigue
macrocytic anemias - ANSWER ✔✔Pernicious anemia, folate
deficiency anemia >103mm
causes of macrocytic anemias - ANSWER ✔✔liver disease, low b12
or folate, gastrectomy, malabsorption, alcoholics
, microcytic anemia - ANSWER ✔✔iron deficiency, anemia of chronic
disease late stage, lead poisoning, thalassemias,, occult blood in stool,
menorrhagia, <87mm
normocytic anemia - ANSWER ✔✔anemia of chronic disease, sickle
cell, impaired bone marrow, hemolytic anemia, 87-103mm
primary storage for iron - ANSWER ✔✔ferritin >100 = normal
increased ferritin - ANSWER ✔✔inflammatory disease, hepatitis,
CRF,
transferrin - ANSWER ✔✔regulates iron absorption and transport in
body, low levels = protein malnutrition, >200 is normal
total iron binding capacity (TIBC) - ANSWER ✔✔high when iron low
240-450
> 400 with iron deficiency anemia
Primary hypothyroidism - ANSWER ✔✔High TSH, low T3 and T4
Secondary hypothyroidism - ANSWER ✔✔low TSH, low T3/T4,
malfunction of pituitary
Hashimoto's thyroiditis - ANSWER ✔✔autoimmune thyroiditis, high
TSH, low T3/T4
