Illustrated Mnemonic for the causes of macrocytic anemia

 

Today we are going to talk about the mnemonic for the causes of macrocytic anemia below you can check the illustrated mnemonic for the causes of the macrocytic anemia is like 

ABCDE and F

Let’s discuss what does these alphabets shows

A= shows the Alcoholism 

B= Shows the B12 deficiency 

C= Shows the compensatory reticulocytosis 

D= Shows  two things one for DRUGS (cytotoxic and anti HIV) and second for DYSPLASIA

 

E= shows the Endocrine but here we will remember hypothyroidism 

F= Shows two things also first shows the FOLATE deficiency and second it shows the FETUS but keeping fetus as a hint we will remember the pregnancy as sometime pregnancy causes the macrocytic anemia 

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