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Treatment of iron deficiency is usually easily accomplished with oral iron supplementations. IN rare cases iron needs to be given intravenously, but this route risks serious allergic reactions and is avoided when possible. Lead poisoning is the next most common and one of the most serious causes of microcytic anemia. It needs to be suspected in any young child with microcytic anemia who does not respond quickly to iron supplementation, or who lives in a home with lead pain exposure. This is mostly older homes.
The most important differential diagnoses of microcytic and/or hypochromic red cell indices are thalassaemia trait and anaemia of chronic disease. It also displays an estimate of percentages of microcytic, macrocytic and hypochromic red cells. Most (80%) of the 50 children investigated were anemic, and half of those had microcytic anemia characterized by alterations of the hemoglobin, hematocrit, and globular volume.