A 26-year-old woman of childbearing age is found to have iron deficiency anaemia. She has heavy menstrual bleeding but no red flag gastrointestinal sy...

Question

A 26-year-old woman of childbearing age is found to have iron deficiency anaemia. She has heavy menstrual bleeding but no red flag gastrointestinal symptoms. She prefers rapid repletion and is poorly tolerant of oral iron. Her Hb is 92 g/L and ferritin 6 µg/L. What is the most appropriate management option?

Accepted Answer

Arrange intravenous iron infusion

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Continue to encourage oral iron despite intolerance

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Recommend blood transfusion as first-line treatment

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No treatment is needed; repeat blood count in 12 months

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Commence erythropoietin injections

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Iron deficiency anaemia treatment