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Evaluation of diagnostic significance of certain symptoms and physical signs in anaemic patients.

Abstract
In a study of 133 anaemic and 111 non-anaemic hospital patients pallor of recent onset was the only symptom which was significantly associated with the severity of the anaemia. Dizziness in acute blood loss anaemia, and anorexia and painful tongue in vitamin-B(12) deficiency, were the only symptoms which might be helpful in diagnosing the type of anaemia. The frequency of glossitis in patients with megaloblastosis was confirmed, but neither glossitis nor nail changes were significantly more common in patients with iron-deficiency anaemia than in the control patients.
AuthorsA A Dawson, D Ogston, H W Fullerton
JournalBritish medical journal (Br Med J) Vol. 3 Issue 5668 Pg. 436-9 (Aug 23 1969) ISSN: 0007-1447 [Print] England
PMID5258252 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Topics
  • Aged
  • Anemia (diagnosis)
  • Anemia, Hypochromic (diagnosis)
  • Anemia, Macrocytic (complications)
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Feeding and Eating Disorders (diagnosis)
  • Female
  • Glossitis (complications)
  • Hemorrhage (diagnosis)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nails, Malformed (etiology)
  • Pain (diagnosis)
  • Pallor (diagnosis)
  • Tongue
  • Vitamin B 12 Deficiency (diagnosis)

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