{"id":321,"date":"2017-03-26T12:45:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T12:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/gi-and-renal\/anaemia\/"},"modified":"2017-08-08T07:22:07","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T07:22:07","slug":"anaemia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/others\/genetics\/anaemia\/","title":{"rendered":"Anaemia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Differential diagnosis<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Malignancy<\/li>\n<li>Ulcers<\/li>\n<li>Haemoglobinopathy<\/li>\n<li>Ulcers<\/li>\n<li>Menorrhagia<\/li>\n<li>Diet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Data gathering<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Red flags &#8211; chest pain, blood in stools, change in bowel habit, weight loss, blood in urine, bruising, bone pains<\/li>\n<li>Others &#8211; periods, vegan, NSAIDs<\/li>\n<li>Examine &#8211; CVS, abdo, eyes, nails, pulse, BP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Clinical management<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Investigations\n<ul>\n<li>Bloods &#8211; FBC, U+Es, LFTs, TFTs, ferritin, B12, folate, blood film, Hb electrophoresis, coeliac<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Explanation\n<ul>\n<li>red blood cells carry oxygen in the body using a substance called haemoglobin. If you don&#8217;t have enough red blood cells or enough haemoglobin, you have anaemia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Treatment\n<ul>\n<li>Assess cause &#8211; menorrhagia, NSAIDs, iron\/b12 deficiency, blood loss, haemoglobinopathy<\/li>\n<li>Increase dietary iron &#8211; red meat, green vegetables, pulses<\/li>\n<li>Ferrous sulphate 200mg BD<\/li>\n<li>B12 injections<\/li>\n<li>Refer if:\n<ul>\n<li>Unexplained<\/li>\n<li>Hb &lt; 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Differential diagnosis Malignancy Ulcers Haemoglobinopathy Ulcers Menorrhagia Diet &nbsp; Data gathering Red flags &#8211; chest pain, blood in stools, change in bowel habit, weight loss, blood in urine, bruising, bone pains Others &#8211; periods, vegan, NSAIDs Examine &#8211; CVS, abdo, eyes, nails, pulse, BP &nbsp; Clinical management Investigations Bloods &#8211; FBC, U+Es, LFTs, TFTs, ferritin, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/others\/genetics\/anaemia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Anaemia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":43,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-321","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1469,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321\/revisions\/1469"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}