EVALUATION OF SENSORY  NERVE CONDUCTION  IN IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA PATIENTS

DR.N.S.V.M.PRABHAKARA RAO; DR.B. SYAMALA DEVI

Volume : V, Issue : XII, December - 2016

EVALUATION OF SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION IN IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA PATIENTS

Dr. N. S. V. M. Prabhakara Rao, Dr. B. Syamala Devi

Abstract :

Abstract: Background: Iron is very essential and has many important functions in energy metabolism, neurotransmission and myelin formation. Iron deficiency anemia is the most common type of anemia, and it occurs when your body doesn‘t have enough of the mineral iron Aims and Objectives: ?e aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of Iron deficiency on sensory nerve conduction. Materials and Methods: A total number of 60 individuals (40 females and 20 males) with iron deficiency in the age range of 30–60 years from the Department of Medicine, Mahavir Institute of Medical Sciences, as the study group and 40 participants (30 females and 10 males) without anemia as the control group were enrolled into this cross–sectional study. ?e sensory nerve conduction parameters, viz., distal latency, amplitude of compound muscle action potential (CMAP), and motor nerve conduction velocity (MNCV) were recorded bilaterally in median nerves using standard protocols and settings. Results: Values from patients were compared with those of controls by unpaired student‘s t–test and one–way ANOVA. Conclusion:?e results indicated that the alteration in sensory conduction might be due to various functional and structural changes in peripheral nerves associated with iron deficiency.