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Signs and symptoms of anemia
General/Non specific
Symptoms:
• Fatigue
• Weakness
• Dyspnea
• Palpitations
• Tinnitus
• Presyncope
• Headache
• Worsening CHF (angina pectoris)
• Cognitive impairment
• Dizziness
• Apathy
Signs:
• Pallor (skin and conjunctiva)
• Tachycardia
• Bounding pulse
• Hemic murmur
• Cardiac failure
Specific
Iron deficiency anemia
• Blood loss (melena,
hematochezia, hematuria)
• Pica (desire to consume
unusual substances e.g. ice
or dirt)
• Koilonychia, vertical nail
ridges
• Glossitis
• Cheilosis
• Dysphagia
Vit B 12 deficiency
• Neuropathy
• Ataxia
• Dementia
Hemolysis
• Jaundice
• Dark urine (if intravascular
hemolysis)

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Anemia in elderly

  • 1. Signs and symptoms of anemia General/Non specific Symptoms: • Fatigue • Weakness • Dyspnea • Palpitations • Tinnitus • Presyncope • Headache • Worsening CHF (angina pectoris) • Cognitive impairment • Dizziness • Apathy Signs: • Pallor (skin and conjunctiva) • Tachycardia • Bounding pulse • Hemic murmur • Cardiac failure
  • 2. Specific Iron deficiency anemia • Blood loss (melena, hematochezia, hematuria) • Pica (desire to consume unusual substances e.g. ice or dirt) • Koilonychia, vertical nail ridges • Glossitis • Cheilosis • Dysphagia Vit B 12 deficiency • Neuropathy • Ataxia • Dementia Hemolysis • Jaundice • Dark urine (if intravascular hemolysis)