Anemia is a prevalent complication of renal diseases, and its magnitude intensifies as glomerular filtration rate deteriorates. Other factors causing anemia include iron, folate, or cobalamin deficit, hemolytic anemia, digestive system losses, bone marrow failure and erythropoietin resistance. Moreover, Uremia causes changes at several levels of the digestive system and there is a higher rate of gastrointestinal disorders in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).~Endoscopic disorders are predicted to be present in 40-90% of CKD patients. Asymptomatic individuals represent a diagnostic issue since they may be detected only during routine tests performed, or they may manifest with unusual non gastrointestinal complaints. Furthermore, asymptomatic malignancy of gastrointestinal system could exhibit a deceive clinical picture in the form of unexplained iron deficiency anemia, and discrimination of these pathologies is essential to minimize the eventual poor outcomes of these disorders in CKD patients.Data about gastrointestinal lesions in Arab patients are insufficient.~Thus aims of this study 1. To assess presence of potential GI disorders in CKD patients with iron deficiency anemia who don't have gastrointestinal symptoms.~2. To assess the risk factors contributing to the various endoscopic findings.
Iron deficiency anemia is very common in CKD patients. Data about gastrointestinal lesions in Arab patients are insufficient.