The following is an excerpt from the case study "It's All Greek to Me": "I am sorry to give you bad news. Nikoleta does have anemia but, unfortunately, giving her a high iron formula was exactly the opposite of what should be done. Nikoleta's disorder has a genetic basis."

Iron is an important structural component of hemoglobin. Explain why this treatment failed?

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Christina Herrera

Chemistry

9 August, 13:13

The following is an excerpt from the case study "It's All Greek to Me": "I am sorry to give you bad news. Nikoleta does have anemia but, unfortunately, giving her a high iron formula was exactly the opposite of what should be done. Nikoleta's disorder has a genetic basis."

Iron is an important structural component of hemoglobin. Explain why this treatment failed?

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Karlie Bush · Answer 1

The anemia was not caused by a lack of iron in Nikoleta's body; instead, it was due to the fact that her body could not produce and cope with high amounts of iron due to her genetics. Therefore, this treatment of administering supplementary iron failed ...