Angular Cheilitis and Iron Deficiency Anemia | ||
| MUSTANSIRIA DENTAL JOURNAL | ||
| Article 1, Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2008, Pages 37-41 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ph.D. Assist. Prof; Dr. Taghreed Fadil Zaidan .B.D.S; | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Angular cheilitis presents as an area of inflamed and cracked skin at the angles of the mouth. Iron deficiency anemia seems to predispose to angular cheilitis. Thus this study was conducted to find out how many patients with angular cheilitis were having iron deficiency anemia. Eighty-two patients (45 females and 37 males) between the age of (9-70) years with angular cheilitis were used in this study. Complete blood picture with hemoglobin estimation and blood films were done for each patient. The highest number of patients with angular cheilitis was in the two age groups (5-14) and (55-64) years. Twenty-nine (35.3%) of patients with angular cheilitis were of iron deficiency anemia. Their hemoglobin values (Hb) were 9.3 ± 0.7 gmdl in females and 10.6 ± 0.6 gmdl in males while for those not anemic patients is 11.8 ± 1.1 gmdl in females and 14.5 ± 0.6 gmdl in males. The Hb values were significantly decreased in those patients with microcytic hypochromic red blood cells (p<0.01) of females and (p<0.05) of males. The highest number of patients with iron deficiency anemia was in the age group (25-34) years, while in the age group of (65-74) years, patients with angular cheilitis were not affected with iron deficiency anemia. Only twenty-nine (35.3%) of patients with angular cheilitis were having iron deficiency anemia (microcytic hypochromic anemia). The mean of hemoglobin values (Hb) were 9.3 ± 0.7 gmdl for females and 10.6 ± 0.6 gmdl for males. n | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Key Words; Iron deficiency anemia; hemoglobi | ||
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