Signs of Anemia

Data of World Health Organization (WHO), saying two billion world population are affected by anemia. Signs of anemia include pale skin, feeling tired, short breath, easily broken nails, poor taste, and front headache. However, sometimes there are no complaints when patients experienced mild anemia.

Other signs of anemia is when the hemoglobin (Hb) in the blood is less than 13 g% for men and less than 12 g% for women. While anemia for children age 6 months to 5 years, Hb content in the blood is less than 11 g%. Children aged 6-14 years, Hb content is less than 12 g%.

Function of iron substance as carrier pigment oxygen in the blood. While the oxygen necessary for normal function of cells throughout the body. When blood shortage oxygen, the function of cells throughout the body can be disrupted. Iron substance comes on nutritious foods such as meat, especially red hearts, yellow eggs, fish, chicken, red beans, spinach, and bread wheat. Often Feed iron substance is reduced because of the food that can hamper the absorption of iron substance in the body. Or, poor control to the food.

Tea and coffee
Tea and coffee are food sources hamper Feed iron substance. Many person habits after eating aren’t be followed by drinking water, fruit juice, or eating fruit. Instead, they prefer to consume tea or coffee. Tetrasiclin drugs such as antibiotics, pain medication stomach, and something for pain medicine, such as rheumatism, is also a cause of hamper feed iron substance.
Other diseases causing signs of anemia are cancer, kidney disease, goiter, the problem forming heme(pigment forming color red in the blood contains iron substance), infectious disease germs, telasemia, heart aberration, rematioid, great accidents, meningitis, immune system disruption, etc.

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