Megaloblastic Anemia
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Megaloblastic Anaemias and Other Macrocytic Anaemias — Hoffbrand's Essential Haematology▶ 5:19That's the B12 delivery proteinSo that will cause a megaloblastic anemia because the B12 can't get into the cells to be used, even if the total…Or one of the more dramatic and frankly terrifying causes,Drugs for Deficiency Anemias — Lehne's Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants▶ 14:34This is hugeLet's say a patient comes in with megaloblastic anemiaIf a clinician just throws high -dose folic acid at them without checking their B12 levels, they are setting a dangerous trapVitamins — Lehne's Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants▶ 23:07This immediately impacts the tissues that turn over the fastest, like red blood cellsIt causes megaloblastic anemia, where the bone marrow produces abnormally large, immature red blood cells that can't function properlyBut it's not just the blood