Many people suffer from iron deficiency anemia for many years, and it causes several symptoms affecting your health. Unfortunately, most of us are unaware that we have been suffering from anemia until we do blood investigations. So, it is crucial to understand what iron deficiency anemia is. In the Greek language, Anemia signifies \u201cAn\u201d which stands for without, while “emia,\u201d which means blood.<\/p>\n
Why is <\/strong>B<\/strong>lood <\/strong>I<\/strong>mportant?<\/strong><\/p>\n Blood is the most crucial substance in our body. This is because:<\/p>\n Facts about <\/strong>A<\/strong>nemia<\/strong> That You Should Know:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Morphology<\/strong><\/p>\n RBCs are 7 micrometers in diameter; their biconcave disc shape has a larger surface area and they are flexible so that they can move easily through capillaries. It has no nucleus, which makes it possible to have more room for O2 and this helps in improving its oxygen and nutrient-carrying capacity.<\/p>\n Prevalence\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n According to WHO, 1.62 billion people suffer from anemia, which is equivalent to a quarter of (24.8%) of the world population. It affects several children and women.<\/p>\n Normal values of Hb\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n RDA<\/strong><\/p>\n Y<\/strong>ou can have <\/strong>Anemia <\/strong>when<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n Let’s talk about the basics<\/strong><\/p>\n What is Iron?<\/strong><\/p>\n IDA Symptoms<\/strong><\/p>\n Symptoms depend on how anemic you are.<\/p>\n Early stage\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Severe<\/strong><\/p>\n Causes of IDA<\/strong><\/p>\n Causes can be differentiated in the following conditions:.<\/p>\n These are examples of loss of iron from the body<\/strong><\/p>\n So, we have talked about the lack of iron and loss of iron from the body and their cause is the inability to absorb enough iron. If you are taking enough iron and not losing iron from the body but you have a low iron count in the body, the major reason could be that you have low absorption of iron which means the body is not absorbing enough iron that you are taking in.<\/p>\n There are many reasons <\/strong>for <\/strong>the <\/strong>low absorption of iron<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n Should I get <\/strong>I<\/strong>ron <\/strong>T<\/strong>ested?<\/strong><\/p>\n The answer to this is YES If you have any of the following symptoms, you should get your blood tested for iron. The symptoms are:<\/p>\n So, get started with eating foods rich in iron right away, which can keep you healthy. Check for anemia before it’s too late.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many people suffer from iron deficiency anemia for many years, and it causes several symptoms affecting your health. Unfortunately, most of us are unaware that we have been suffering from anemia until we do blood investigations. So, it is crucial to understand what iron deficiency anemia is. In the Greek language, Anemia signifies \u201cAn\u201d which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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