Question

The following is an excerpt from the case study "It's All Greek to Me": "I am sorry to give you bad news. Nikoleta does have anemia but, unfortunately, giving her a high iron formula was exactly the opposite of what should be done. Nikoleta's disorder has a genetic basis."

Iron is an important structural component of hemoglobin. Explain why this treatment failed?

Answer 1

The anemia was not caused by a lack of iron in Nikoleta's body; instead, it was due to the fact that her body could not produce and cope with high amounts of iron due to her genetics. Therefore, this treatment of administering supplementary iron failed..