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Background: Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is a major nutritional problem globally, which is especially true in the developing countries like India. Even though the treatment is simple and effective, there is a high prevalence of IDA. The reason for this is partly due to non-compliance of the patients and partly due to ineffective or incomplete treat...
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... of the 100 patients scrutinized 58% had severe IDA, 36% moderate IDA and 6% had mild IDA. The anemia classification is based on hemoglobin levels according to the WHO (Figure 2). For 14 patients, no treatment was given. Among the 14, 64% had moderate IDA, 29% had severe IDA, and 7% had mild IDA (Figure ...
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