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Folic acid deficiency anemia
Happens when your body does not have enough folic acid. Folic acid is one of the B vitamins, and it helps your body make new cells, including new red blood cells . Your body needs red blood cells to carry oxygen.
Symptoms:
- Persistent fatigue.
- Weakness.
- Lethargy.
- Pale skin.
- Shortness of breath.
- Irritability.
Preliminary plan:
- General practitioner appointment
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Reticulocyte count
- Urinalysis
- Stool analysis - Protozoans and Helminths (microscopy)
- Blood test:
- Latent iron-binding capacity
- Iron
- Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin)
- Transferrin
- Ferritin
- Folic acid (folates)
- Potassium Sodium Chlorine (K, Na, Cl) (blood)
- Urea (BUN)
- Creatinine
- Glucose
- Cholesterol
- Triglycerides
- Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
- Alanine transaminase (ALT)
- Bilirubin (total, direct)
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (endoscopy)
- Colonoscopy
- Irrigoscopy
- X-ray of the esophagus, stomach, duodenum
- Abdominal ultrasound: liver, gallbladder, pancreas
- Spleen ultrasound
- Histological examination of bone marrow biopsy fragment