SYMPTOMS OF Iron Deficiency
Clinical Manifestations which are UNIQUE to iron deficiency
- Pica/ pagophagia: Also defined as craving for peculiar food or non food substances e.g. ice, dirt, chalk
- In rare cases combination of Dysphagia, esophageal web, glossitis, (Plummer-Vinson or Patterson-Kelly Sc) can be observed
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