[Prevalence of pica in iron deficiency anemia in Marrakech (Morocco)]
| Autor: | I. Tazi, L. Mahmal, Hatim Nafil |
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| Jazyk: | francouzština |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Adult
Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Anemia Young Adult medicine Prevalence Humans Pica (disorder) Geophagia Retrospective Studies biology Anemia Iron-Deficiency business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Iron deficiency Middle Aged medicine.disease Ferritin Morocco Infectious Diseases Iron-deficiency anemia biology.protein Pica Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Medecine et sante tropicales. 25(3) |
| ISSN: | 2261-2211 |
| Popis: | Pica is an eating disorder, defined by long-term ingestion of non-nutritive substances.To determine the frequency of pica in patients with iron deficiency anemia and to describe the population with both iron deficiency anemia and pica.This retrospective study examined records from the department of hematology at the Mohammed VI University Hospital Center in Marrakech of all adult patients seen from January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2010 who met both criteria. Results: During the 6-year study period, 320 patients with iron deficiency anemia were seen: 256 women and 64 men (sex-ratio F/M: 4). The prevalence of pica among the patients with iron deficiency anemia was 17.5% (56/320). All the patients with pica were women, for a prevalence of 21.8% (56/256); their average age was 23 years; 40 were white (71.4%) and 16 black (28.6%). The clinical signs were primarily pallor (100%) and asthenia (100%). The mean level of hemoglobin was 7.6 g/dL and of ferritin, 6.4 mg/L. Geophagia was the most common form of pica (75%). Iron supplementation induced regression of pica in 64.3% of patients.Our study shows a high prevalence of pica in patients with iron deficiency anemia. |
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