A 12-month-old toddler weighing 18 pounds is brought to the clinic because of weakness,slow physical growth,and developmental delays.His mother reports that the only food he will consume is cow's milk.Considering this information,the nurse decides that the child probably has _____ anemia.
A) Pernicious
B) Iron deficiency
C) Aplastic
D) Hemolytic

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As many as one-third of infants with severe iron deficiency anemia have chronic intestinal blood loss induced by exposure to a heat-labile protein in cow's milk.Such exposure causes an inflammatory gastrointestinal reaction that damages the mucosa and results in diffuse hemorrhage.
The intake of cow's milk leads to iron deficiency anemia; it does not lead to pernicious anemia.
The intake of cow's milk leads to iron deficiency anemia; it does not lead to aplastic anemia.
The intake of cow's milk leads to iron deficiency anemia; it does not lead to hemolytic anemia.

A 12-Month-Old Toddler Weighing 18 Pounds Is Brought to the Clinic