When diagnosing an iron deficiency one of the first tests is a red blood cell count. Why is this so?

What will be an ideal response


Iron is mostly stored in hemoglobin of RBCs. Additional free ions are bound to protein-iron molecules like ferritin, hemosiderin, and transferrin. Ferritin and hemosiderin molecules are stored in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow. Transferrin transports iron in the blood.

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