The clinic nurse is evaluating causes for iron deficiency due to impaired iron absorption. What should the nurse recognize as causes for iron deficiency due to impaired iron absorption? (Select all that apply.)
A) Gastric acidity
B) Chronic diarrhea
C) Lactose intolerance
D) Absence of phosphates
E) Inflammatory bowel disease

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Causes for iron deficiency due to impaired iron absorption include chronic diarrhea, lactose intolerance, and inflammatory bowel disease. Gastric alkalinity, not acidity, and the presence, not absence, of phosphates can be causes of impaired iron absorption.

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