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Unit assessment
Choose the most appropriate answers.
3. Why is iron not given in the stabilisation phase of severe malnutrition
management?
a) Anaemia is common in severely malnourished children but giving
iron too early can be dangerous.
b) Anaemia is not common in severe malnutrition, so there is no
need to give iron.
c) Unbound iron can damage cells and make them leaky.
d) Unbound iron can stimulate the growth of some harmful bacteria.
e) The blood may have too little protein to hold on to iron and
keep it safe.Please complete the question.
