Beschreibung:
Anaemia, or lack of red blood cells, is common, and can be a symptom of a serious underlying disorder. It has a number of causes, and this book stresses that it's vital to find and treat these, rather than just prescribing iron tablets.
Topics include: excess blood loss due to menstruation and pregnancy other blood loss, including, coeliac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and benign and malignant tumours in the bowel alcohol-related anaemias pernicious anaemia sickle-cell anaemia and thalassaemia anaemia in later life less common forms of anaemia, ranging from bone marrow cancers to rare inherited diseases