See Also: Iron deficiency anemia(health)
Anemia, iron deficiency(health)
iron-deficiency anemia(encyclopedia)
folic-acid-deficiency anemia(encyclopedia)
deficiency, iron(medicine)
Deficiency, iron(health)
iron deficiency(medicine)
anaemia, iron deficiency(medicine)
iron deficiency anaemia(medicine)
anemia(encyclopedia)

Anemia, iron deficiency (health)


The most common known form of nutritional disorder in the world, iron deficiency results in anemia because iron is necessary to make hemoglobin, key molecule in red blood cells responsible for the transport of oxygen. In iron deficiency anemia, the red cells appear abnormal and are unusually small (microcytic) and pale (hypochromic). The pallor of the red cells reflects their low hemoglobin content.