KROK 1 2013 – Question 13 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
On the fifth day after the acute blood loss a patient has been diagnosed with hypochromic anemia. What is the main mechanism of hypochromia development?
- A. Increased destruction of red blood cells in the spleen
- B. Impaired iron absorption in the intestines
- C. Release of immature red blood cells from the bone marrow
- D. Impaired globin synthesis
- E. Increased excretion of body iron
Hint
Think about the timing: what is the regenerating erythropoietic tissue doing five days after a haemorrhage, and what does that do to the haemoglobin content of the erythrocytes in the circulation?
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