Iron Deficiency Anemia-Induced Neutropenia in Adult Female

Iron deficiency anemia is a common cause of anemia that develops when body stores of an iron drop too low to support normal red blood cell (RBC) production. Inadequate dietary iron, impaired iron absorption, bleeding, or loss of body iron in the urine may be the cause. Iron is a key part of red blood cells. Without iron, the blood cannot carry oxygen effectively. Our body normally gets iron through the diet. It also reuses iron from old red blood cells. A little is known about the association between iron deficiency anemia and neutropenia. Here we report a 44-year-old female who presented with iron deficiency anemia and found to have neutropenia recovered after she received intravenous (IV) iron therapy. However, she did not develop any serious infections during the neutropenia and responded to iron therapy.