50 cases of peptic ulcer disease, 19 cases of gastric cancer,. 22 cases of gastritis were analysed clinically in the aspect of anemia and iron metabolism, comparing with 7 cases of liver diseases, 8 cases of intestinal diseases who were complicated wi...
50 cases of peptic ulcer disease, 19 cases of gastric cancer,. 22 cases of gastritis were analysed clinically in the aspect of anemia and iron metabolism, comparing with 7 cases of liver diseases, 8 cases of intestinal diseases who were complicated with anemia and 15 healthy control group, since Feb. 1979 till Oct. 1979, at the Department of Internal Medicine, CNU Hosp.
The results were as follows ;
1. The total observed cases were 56 males(46.7%) and 64 females(53.7%), aging 16-64, in which the peptic ulcer and gastric cancer were prevalent in the older males, while in the female, the age were evenly distributed.
2. Anemia were found in 31 (63.3%) cases of peptic ulcer and 14 cases (73.7%) of gastric cancer, but only 9 cases (40.9%) of gastritis and the degrees of anemia were more severe in the cases who had the history of actual bleeding.
3. The overall mean serum Fe, TIBC and Transferrin Iron Saturation of the disease groups shows no significant differences from the normal control, but in the anemic cases of the disease groups, the above date shows the tendency of low body iron and high TIBC.
4. In the cases of peptic ulcer and gastric cancer who had the history of actual bleeding, the serum iron, TIBC and iron saturation rate shows that of iron deficiency anemia patient of other authors.