Question

Compare and contract iron deficiency anemia with folate acid deficiency anemia including clinical manifestations of each anemia

Answer 1

If you have a lack of folate, your red blood cells look large and immature.

• Clinical manifestations include
• Reduced sense of taste sense of taste
• Diarrhea
• Pins and needles feeling or numbness in your hands and feet
• Muscle weakness
• Depression

Iron deficiency anemia occurs when there is a decreased level of hemoglobin in the red blood cells (RBCs).

The clinical manifestations of iron deficiency anemia include;

• Fatigue
• weakness
• Pale skin
• shortness of breath
• dizziness
• strange cravings to eat items that aren’t food, such as dirt, ice, or clay
• a tingling or crawling feeling in the legs
• Tongue swelling or soreness
• cold hands and feet
• fast or irregular heartbeats
• brittle nails
• headaches