SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY IN SUBJECTS WITH IRON-DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 68
Abstract
BACKGROUND The predominant cause of anaemia in the general population is iron-deficiency anaemia, but there are little data about the peripheral nerve sensory function in subjects with iron-deficiency anaemia. AIM We aimed to investigate the effects of iron-deficiency anaemia on peripheral sensory nerve function. MATERIALS AND METHODS Our cross-sectional case-control study includes 40 individuals with iron-deficiency anaemia in the age range of 20 to 50 years from the Department of Medicine, SRM Medical College, and 30 age and sex matched subjects without anaemia as the control group. The patients or controls with the history of diabetes mellitus, neuromuscular, metabolic, vasculitic, or rheumatologic diseases or those taking medications that may alter central or peripheral nerve function were excluded from the study. Standard electrodiagnostic methods were used to study the sensory parameters like Sensory Nerve Conduction Velocity (SNCV) from Median, Ulnar, and Sural nerves from both the sides. Values from patients were compared with those of controls by unpaired student's t-test. RESULTS The observations revealed significant reduction in SNCV in the peripheral nerves in iron-deficiency anaemia. CONCLUSION The results indicated that there is alteration in sensory nerve conduction in iron-deficiency anaemia. This might be due to various functional and structural changes in peripheral nerves associated with iron deficiency
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Subramaniyan , Anandhalakshmi , Harika , Sundaravadivelu
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