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🩸 Menorrhagia-Induced Anemia Simulator

This simulator models the development of iron-deficiency anemia due to heavy menstrual bleeding, assessing cumulative blood loss and the need for replacement therapy (cross-linking without duplicating the existing menorrhagia page).

Iron-Deficiency Anemia2DModerate60 FPS

Recognizing Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Placeholder sentence describing menorrhagia pattern recognition.

30–80 mL: Normal cycle loss (Placeholder reference range)
>80 mL: Menorrhagia threshold (Placeholder clinical cutoff)
21–35 d: Typical cycle length (Placeholder cycle interval)
~10–30%: Prevalence (Placeholder population estimate)

Placeholder heading for bleeding pattern

Placeholder short paragraph describing heavy bleeding pattern recognition.

Estimating Per-Cycle Blood Loss

Placeholder sentence describing per-cycle blood loss estimation methods.

PBAC: Pictorial chart score (Placeholder scoring tool)
Lab method: Alkaline hematin (Placeholder gold standard)
Proxy metric: Pad/tampon count (Placeholder estimation proxy)
>2.5 cm: Clot size flag (Placeholder warning sign)

Placeholder heading for loss estimation

Placeholder short paragraph describing blood loss estimation approach.

Cumulative Iron Store Depletion

Placeholder sentence describing progressive iron store depletion.

~0.5 mg: Iron per mL blood (Placeholder conversion factor)
~500 mg: Typical iron stores (Placeholder baseline reserve)
Serum test: Ferritin marker (Placeholder depletion indicator)
Months: Depletion timeline (Placeholder progression speed)

Placeholder heading for iron depletion

Placeholder short paragraph describing cumulative iron depletion mechanism.

Crossing the Anemia Threshold

Placeholder sentence describing anemia threshold crossing detection.

<12 g/dL: Hemoglobin cutoff (Placeholder anemia definition)
<15 ng/mL: Ferritin cutoff (Placeholder deficiency marker)
Common symptom: Fatigue onset (Placeholder clinical sign)
Mild–severe: Severity grading (Placeholder classification scale)

Placeholder heading for threshold crossing

Placeholder short paragraph describing anemia threshold crossing dynamics.

Assessing Replacement Therapy Need

Placeholder sentence describing replacement therapy decision pathway.

First line: Oral iron trial (Placeholder mild-case therapy)
Second line: IV iron infusion (Placeholder moderate-case therapy)
Severe cases: Transfusion trigger (Placeholder emergency therapy)
Hormonal/surgical: Underlying cause tx (Placeholder root-cause therapy)

Placeholder heading for therapy assessment

Placeholder short paragraph describing replacement therapy need assessment.

Placeholder key insight sentence about replacement therapy escalation.

⚙ Under the hood

CanvasBiomedicine

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install