Dermatologic alterations in nutritional anemias
Objectives: To determine the frequency of anemia-related dermatological abnormalities and severity. Materials and Methods: A sample of 100 subjects older than 18 years with a diagnosis of nutritional anemia who were admitted at 2 de Mayo Hospital between January and November, 2004 was studied. In ea...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2006 |
| País: | Perú |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |
| Repositorio: | Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/1262 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/1262 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Anemias nutricionales anemia ferropriva piel transtornos nutricionales Nutritional anemias anemia iron-deficiency skin nutrition disorders |
| Sumario: | Objectives: To determine the frequency of anemia-related dermatological abnormalities and severity. Materials and Methods: A sample of 100 subjects older than 18 years with a diagnosis of nutritional anemia who were admitted at 2 de Mayo Hospital between January and November, 2004 was studied. In each subject we measured total CBC and serum iron, ferritin, folate, and cobalamin levels. Results: The type of anemia was iron deficiency in 45%, mixed anemia (iron deficiency and megaloblastic anemia) in 35%, and megaloblastic anemia in 20%. Dermatological abnormalities were pallor (100%), atrophic glossitis (81%), angular cheilitis (60%), koilonychia (33%), tinyblue sclera (30%), thinning hair (29%), thinning nails (29%); 75% of the cases were determined as having severe anemia. Conclusions: The nutritional anemia most frequently found was iron deficiency (45%). About 80% of subjects showed more than four dematological abnormalities: pallor, atrophic glossitis, angular cheilitis, koilonychia and tiny-blue sclera. |
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