Bax_Cadarn t1_j95fqtg wrote
Reply to comment by beyardo in If a human being is bleeding internally say in their mouth or stomach would they still have a risk of anemia? by Robbeee
That's why chronic disease is normocytic while with blood loss is microcytic. Unless with long term small bleeds the body adapts to eventually make them normal size too.
beyardo t1_j9anb0e wrote
ACD often eventually becomes microcytic as well, as the inflammatory stuff eventually sequesters the iron until you get a relative iron deficiency
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