Abstract
Abstract In the normal individual the amount of iron absorbed and lost from the body each day is exceedingly small. There are certain periods during life when body iron requirements are increased; the most important of these is infancy. Here, existing iron stores are rapidly depleted, and a deficient diet can soon produce iron deficiency. Once a full complement of body iron has been accrued, the adult is independent of iron intake and becomes iron deficient only through blood loss. In the production of iron deficiency, iron stores are exhausted before anemia appears. If any question in diagnosis from usual laboratory tests exists, the direct. examination of marrow for hemosiderin will establish the diagnosis. It is of obvious importance to confirm the diagnosis by specific therapy and to determine the cause of the iron depletion. Response to oral iron is highly predictable and failure of response usually in dictates a mistaken diagnosis. In a small but significant group of patients, either unable to take iron because of gastrointestinal symptoms, unable to absorb iron, or in need of iron reserves, parenteral administration of iron has distinct advantages. The saccharated oxide of iron is an effective preparation for this purpose.
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