Sep

7

2024

Iron Deficiency From Malabsorption

By William Aird

I keep seeing individuals with iron deficiency anemia who are clearly malabsorbing (unresponsive to oral Fe), yet who have no history/evidence of the conditions listed below.

Is there a bucket of idiopathic malabsorption conditions?

CitationPubMed LinkPDF
British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines for the management of iron deficiency anaemia in adults. Gut. 2021;70:2030-2051LinkLink