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Create a Mineral deficiency profile of an individual by answering questions below:
Identify the subject (eg. Hanna Thomson 35 year old female…, Scary the 3 yo German Shepherd….) and name the mineral that is deficient (use either iron, calcium, zinc or iodine)
Describe the symptoms of this deficiency that this person/ animal has
Describe how this deficiency has come about and give details of any external or internal causal influences
Hanna Thomson ,35 year old female.She is married and has two children.Last child birth was 1 year back. She belongs to the middle income group.
She is having iron deficiency
She is having symptoms of iron deficiency such as symptoms of anemia which include fatigue, weakness, dyspnea on exertion, palpitation, pallor of skin,mucus membrane and sclera, food cravings such as pica and menorrhagia.Other symptoms due to epithelial changes include spoon shaped nails, atrophic glossitis, angular stomatitis and dysphagia
She is in the reproductive age group. Women in this age group are at risk of development of iron deficiency due to following reasons
1)Blood loss
Blood loss during menstruation due to several pathological causes, insertion of IUCD,repeated miscarriages
2)Inadequate intake
Due to dietary deficiency of iron which is seen in low socioeconomic status ,decreased absorption, decreased bioavailability, anorexia
3)Increased requirements
More amount of iron is needed during pregnancy and lactation.During pregnancy,additional 750mg of iron is needed.
All these factors might have contributed to her iron deficiency