Evaluation of the anemic patient is best served by a systemic evaluation of the clinical and laboratory findings together. First, is the patient truly anemic? Second, is the anemia acquired or inherited? Third is there evidence for blood loss? Fourth is there evidence for nutritional deficiency or malabsorption? Fifth, is there evidence for hemolysis? Sixth is there evidence for toxic exposure or drug ingestion that could cause bone marrow depression and anemia? Finally, dose the patient have chronic inflammatory disease, renal insufficiency, or cancer, each of which is associated with secondary mild anemias, the "anemia of chronic disease"
History
1. Family History of Anemia, Splenomegaly, Jundice, and Splenoctomy.
2. Been rejected as blood donor.
3. Exercise intolerance, syncope, easy fatigue.
4. Pallor and jaundice
5. Blood loss or bleeding tendency,br>
6. Chronic disease
7. Malnutrition, malabsorption and alcoholism
8. Transfusion or iron Therapy
9. Multiple pregnancy menorrhagia
Physical Examination
1. Skin and mucous membranes: Pallor, Jaundice, smooth or beefy tongue,
Cheilosis, Koilonychia, Telangiectasia
2. Adenopathy
3. Hepatomegaly
4. Tachycardia, Cardiomegaly, Murmurs
5. Bone Tenderness
6. Neuropathy
Anemia of The chronic Diseases:
The mild to moderate anemia that often observed in patients with infectious, inflammatory, or neoplastic diseases that persist for more than 1 or 2 months is called anemia of chronic disease. The characteristics feature of this syndrome is the occurrence of hypoferremia in the presence of ample reticuloendothelial iron stores. The anemia of chronic disorders is define by the presence of this unique combination of findings.
The anemia of chronic disorders is extremely common, and overall is probably more common than any anemia syndrome other than blood loss with consequent iron deficiency. In a study by cash and Sears, 1986, 52% of anemic patients met laboratory criteria for anemia of chronic disorders. The syndrome is also observed in 27% of outpatients with rheumatoid arthritis and in 58% of new admissions to hospital rheumatology units. In general anemia of chronic disease has the following characteristic:
Nonmegalobalstic Macrocytic Anemias Due to Bone Marrow Failure