Question

A 70-year-old man presents with fatigue, pallor, and a microcytic anaemia. He has no obvious GI symptoms but is found to have occult blood in his stool. What is the most likely cause of his anaemia?

Accepted Answer

Iron deficiency anaemia

Answer

Vitamin B12 deficiency

Answer

Acute blood loss

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Anaemia of chronic disease

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Thalassaemia trait

Practice question

A 70-year-old man presents with fatigue, pallor, and a microcytic anaemia. He has no obvious GI symptoms but is found to have occult blood in his stool. What is the most likely cause of his anaemia?