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General Physician - Answered on Mar 21, 2024

Dr Karthiyayini Mahadevan has been practising for 30 years.
She specialises in general medicine, child development and senior citizen care.
A graduate from Madurai Medical College, she has DNB training in paediatrics and a postgraduate degree in developmental neurology.
She has trained in Tai chi, eurythmy, Bothmer gymnastics, spacial dynamics and yoga.
She works with children with development difficulties at Sparrc Institute and is the head of wellness for senior citizens at Columbia Pacific Communities.... more
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Towards Dec end, her Hemoglobin was 102 (range 120-140 g/L) and Ferritin was 4 (range 15-272 ug/L). She has taken this tablet for 3 months now. We are yet to get another Hemoglobin and Ferritin test done. She has started with 12mg of Lupiheme this week. Please let us know what should be our next course of action assuming not much improvement in her iron levels. Thanks.

Ans: If there is no response to Oral iron, there is a problem with either absorption or there may be some chronic illness underlying. Please get the Hb Level,serum iron and Ferritin level after three months which is anytime now. If it is still low you need to go for further investigations
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