Iron Deficiency Anaemia- A Case Report with Oral Manifestations
M. Chandra Sekhar *
Department of Oral medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College and Hospital, Kadapa, India.
D. Ayesha Thabusum
Department of Oral medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College and Hospital, Kadapa, India.
M. Charitha
Department of Oral medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College and Hospital, Kadapa, India.
G. Chandrasekhar
Department of Oral medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College and Hospital, Kadapa, India.
P. Shaziya Firdous
Department of Oral medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College and Hospital, Kadapa, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Iron deficiency anaemia is the most common nutritional deficiency disorder in children and is worldwide in distribution. It is characterised by fatigue, weakness, pallor and koilonychias. Thus oral physician play an important role in diagnosis and thereby prevention of anaemia, as oral manifestations may be the earliest feature of the condition. The purpose of this article is to present a case of iron deficiency anaemia of unknown cause in a 16 year old female child.
Keywords: Anaemia, iron deficiency anaemia, koilonychia, haemoglobin, oral manifestations.