7. Signs and Symptoms:
Patients with a Hb less than 7G/dl will have appear following symptoms ;
Tissue hypoxia
Fatigue
Headache
Dyspnea
Pallor
Angina
Tachycardia
Visual impairment
Syncope
Lymphadenopathy
Hepatic and or splenic enlargement
Bone tenderness
Blood loss in feces
Neurologic symptoms.
8. Classification of anemia:
1. Anemia associated with decrease RBC production
Iron deficiency anemia,
Megaloblastic anemia
Thalassemia
Anemia due to chronic disease and renal failure.
2. Anemia due to increased RBC destruction:
Haemolytic anemia
sickle cell anemia
21. Pharmacokinetics:
• Source: Meat (liver), eggs, & dairy products.
• coblamine is absorbed from the GIT in the presence of intrinsic
factor, a product of the parietal cells of the stomach.
• Plasma transport is accomplished by binding to transcobalamin II.
• Coblamine is stored in the liver in large amounts; a normal
individual has enough to last 5 years.
It is available in 2 forms
1. cyanocobalamine
2. hydroxy cobalamine has a longer circulating half life.
22.
23. •Deficiency leads to anemia, gastrointestinal symptoms,
andneurologic abnormalities.
•Deoxyadenosyl cobalamin
•methylcobalamin
•Cyanocobalamin
•hydroxocobalamin
•Source of vitamin BI2
• meat (especially liver), eggs, and dairyproducts.
•Vitamin B12 is sometimes called extrinsic factor
active forms of the vitamin in
humans
found in food sources are converted
to the active forms