A man has frequent abdominal pains before eating his food, his pain only subsides after eating. His lab results : fecalysis has occult blood on his feces, and microcytic normochromic anemia in his blood test. When he went to have his stomach endoscopy, the doctor found that he has wounds in his lumen. It was found out that he has Peptic Ulcer disease, why does he have microcytic normochromic anemia ?

A man has frequent abdominal pains before eating his food, his pain only subsides after eating. His lab results : fecalysis has occult blood on his feces, and microcytic normochromic anemia in his blood test. When he went to have his stomach endoscopy, the doctor found that he has wounds in his lumen. It was found out that he has Peptic Ulcer disease, why does he have microcytic normochromic anemia ?

Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems (MindTap Course List)

9th Edition

ISBN:9781285866932

Author:Lauralee Sherwood

Publisher:Lauralee Sherwood

Chapter16: The Digestive System

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