Clinical Casebook

thrombocytopenia

Thrombocytopenia

A 58-year-old woman presented to the clinic with an uncommon problem for her age. She had negotiated menopause with minimal symptoms and was healthy overall. She exercised regularly, ate largely organic food and took a general multi-B complex, vitamin E and a turmeric supplement purchased from discount chemists. Her diet was moderately low fat, low […]

Iron Supplements

Iron Supplements

A 35-year-old woman visited the clinic. She had been suffering with low energy for some time, and the symptoms were getting worse. Her GP had recommended an iron supplement that she bought from the pharmacy. She had been taking this for some time with little improvement and it made her very constipated, as many iron […]