Anaemia of chronic disease is a condition where there is a low amount of a molecule called ‘haemoglobin’ in the blood. This molecule usually brings oxygen around the body and requires iron to be created, but in chronic inflammatory conditions the level can drop even when iron levels are normal. This is due to many different factors, including that the chemicals created during inflammation alter the way the body makes haemoglobin.
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