Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: self-harm behavior

  • Syndrome de Lasthénie de Ferjol

    Krishna BadamiChristchurch, New Zealand Several years ago we saw a young woman who had an iron deficiency anemia, caused not by blood loss from menstruation (a common cause of iron deficiency anemia in females), but by repeatedly drawing her own blood by venipuncture and discarding it. This type of anemia caused by a specific self-harm…