Improvement of long-standing iron-deficiency anemia in adults after eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection

Abstract

We report two cases of long-standing iron-deficiency anemia in premenopausal women that improved after eradication of H. pylori infection. There were no ulcerations or hemorrhagic lesions in the gastrointestinal tract and no bleeding focus in gynecological organs. Both cases showed H. pylori infection in the stomach and gastric atrophy. After successful eradication of H. pylori infection, the iron-deficiency anemia in both patients dramatically improved, and neither patient suffered from anemia for about 2 years. The cure of H. pylori infection is an optional treatment for iron-deficiency anemia in one fraction of the patients.