Important! - Anemia of Chronic Disease

"...The greatest risk for harm is mistaking anemia of chronic disease for iron-deficiency anemia and allowing the patient to take iron pills. This risk can be reduced or eliminated by differenetiating between to the two iron disorders with serum ferrtin test and by informing the patient about the differences in these two iron disorders.

Treatment
There is no treatment for anemia of chronic disease except to address the underlying condition. Iron supplementation is inappropriate in these patients because the added iron can become free to nourish bacteria and cancer cells."

http://www.irondisorders.org/anemia-of-chronic-disease