FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA
LOW INTAKE:
Poverty
Old age
Institutions
Goat milk
NORMAL INTAKE:
With malabsorption:
Intestinal resection
Tropical sprue
Coeliac sprue
Crohn's disease
With Normal absorption:
- With reduced supply to erythron:
Excess urinary losses (Active liver disease, CCF)
Inhibition (Anticonvulsants, Sulfasalazine)
- With normal uptake of erythron in high demand-to-supply state:
Pregnancy
Lactation
Premature neonate
Haemolytic anaemia
Chronic inflammation
Malignant disorders