A 2-year-old malnourished child is diagnosed with vitamin B?? and folate deficiencies.A blood smear suggests the deficiency is macrocytic and normochromic.The nurse would expect the hemoglobin to be:
A) normal.
B) sporadic.
C) low.
D) high.

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The macrocytic (megaloblastic)anemias are characterized by unusually large stem cells (megaloblasts)in the marrow that mature into erythrocytes that are unusually large in size (macrocytic), thickness, and volume.The hemoglobin content is normal, thus allowing them to be classified as normochromic.

A 2-Year-Old Malnourished Child Is Diagnosed with Vitamin B?? and Folate