A 72-year-old woman with complaints of increasing fatigue has completed a series of fecal occult blood tests that indicate the presence of blood in her stool
Which of the following health problems is likely to accompany this client's gastrointestinal bleed?
A) Hemolytic anemia
B) Aplastic anemia
C) Iron deficiency anemia
D) Megaloblastic anemia
Ans: C
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Chronic blood loss does not affect blood volume but instead leads to iron deficiency anemia when iron stores are depleted. Such blood loss is not associated with hemolysis, aplastic anemia, or megaloblastic anemia.
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