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Description

Folate deficiency anemia is a type of anemia caused by a lack of folic acid, a B vitamin found in many foods. Folate is necessary for the production of red blood cells, and a deficiency can lead to a decrease in red blood cells, resulting in anemia. Symptoms of folate deficiency anemia include fatigue, shortness of breath, pale skin, and a sore tongue. Folate deficiency anemia can be treated with dietary changes, supplements, and in some cases, medications.

Synonyms

• folic acid deficiency anemia

Symptoms (patient's findings)

• abdominal pain
• abnormal weight loss
• amnesia
• anorexia
• asthenia
• chest pain
• depression
• diarrhea
• dizziness
• dyspnea
• fatigue
• fever
• nausea
• orthopnea
• palpitations
• shortness of breath
• tinnitus
• tongue pain
• vomiting

Signs (examiner's findings)

• cachexia
• cardiomegaly
• cheilosis
• dementia
• dependent edema
• depression
• glossitis
• hepatomegaly
• jaundice
• low-grade fever
• mid systolic heart murmur
• muscle atrophy
• neurosis
• pallor
• psychosis
• single-episode major depressive disorder
• splenomegaly

Basic Lab Tests (measurements)

• body
  •      weight change
  •      weight
  •      bleeding time
• plasma
  •      taurine
  •      lactate
  •      homocysteine
• serum
  •      indirect bilirubin
  •      uric acid
  •      lactate dehydrogenase
  •      lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme-5
  •      potassium
  •      lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme-2
  •      isocitrate dehydrogenase
  •      lysozyme
  •      cholesterol
  •      vitamin B12
  •      lactate dehydrogenase 1 : lactate dehydrognease 2 ratio
  •      aldolase
  •      cholinesterase II
  •      iron
  •      malate dehydrogenase
  •      bilirubin
  •      total alkaline phosphatase
  •      vitamin B12 binding capacity
  •      lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme-1
  •      iron binding capacity
• urine
  •      formiminoglutamate
  •      uric acid
  •      homocysteine
• vital signs
  •      pulse
  •      systolic blood pressure
  •      blood pressure
• whole blood
  •      leukocytes
  •      macrocytes
  •      neutrophils
  •      RBC distribution width
  •      basophilic stippling
  •      elliptocytes
  •      hemoglobin
  •      hypersegmented neutrophils
  •      macro-ovalocytes
  •      nucleated erythrocytes
  •      poikilocytosis
  •      Cabot rings
  •      mean corpuscular volume
  •      anisocytosis
  •      clot retraction
  •      hematocrit
  •      megaloblasts
  •      platelets
  •      ring-shaped-nucleus neutrophils
  •      Howell-Jolly bodies
  •      mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
  •      granulocytes
  •      lymphocytes
  •      giant platelets
  •      reticulocytes
  •      hemoglobin F
  •      mean corpuscular hemoglobin
  •      erythrocytes

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