A 17-year-old young woman is brought to the hospital by her mother, who is concerned about her daughter's fatigue. Upon assessment, the patient displays listlessness, pallor, and fatigue. The patient is diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia
While providing discharge instructions, the pa-tient's mother asks the nurse how her daughter acquired this problem. The nurse correctly ex-plains that the most likely cause of her daughter's iron deficiency is a. pregnancy.
b. juvenile status (age).
c. celiac disease.
d. heavy menstruation.
D
The most common cause of iron deficiency in adolescent females is heavy menstrual cycles.
No evidence indicates that this patient is pregnant.
Being a juvenile does not automatically put a patient at risk for iron deficiency.
No evidence indicates that celiac disease is a factor in this situation.
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