<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.My daughter was diagnosed with myelofibrosis 10 years ago. She is 43 now. She has been asymptomatic so far although her platelet count has gone way down and they did an emergency iron transfusion Friday,because she has no iron stores and she is anemic. What does this mean? She says she feels ok.  <response>: Hello, Thanks for your query. Iron deficiency anemia develops when body stores of iron Chat Doctor. Inadequate dietary iron, iron absorption, bleeding, or loss of body iron in the urine may be the cause. Treatment of iron deficiency anemia consists of:Oral ferrous iron salts are the most economical and effective nonferrous sulfate is the most commonly used iron saltpeter absorption and lower morbidity have been claimed for other iron saltsToxicity is generally proportional to the amount of iron available for absorptionReserve parenteral iron for patients who are either unable to absorb oral iron or who have increasing anemia despite adequate doses of oral iron do hope that you have found something helpful, and I will be glad to answer any further query. Take care 