Tags
#haematology #medicine
Question
What are the causes of Folate deficiency ?
Answer
- Poor diet (poverty, alcoholics, elderly)
- Increased demand (pregnancy or cell turnover (seen in haemolysis, malignancy, inflammatory disease and renal dialysis))
- Malabsorption (coeliac disease, tropical sprue)
- Drugs: alcohol, anti-epileptics (phenytoin, valproate), methotrexate, trimethoprim.
Tags
#haematology #medicine
Question
What are the causes of Folate deficiency ?
Tags
#haematology #medicine
Question
What are the causes of Folate deficiency ?
Answer
- Poor diet (poverty, alcoholics, elderly)
- Increased demand (pregnancy or cell turnover (seen in haemolysis, malignancy, inflammatory disease and renal dialysis))
- Malabsorption (coeliac disease, tropical sprue)
- Drugs: alcohol, anti-epileptics (phenytoin, valproate), methotrexate, trimethoprim.
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