About Anemia | Health issue

Anemia is the health condition in which you have less red blood cells present in your body. The main function of these red blood cells is to carry oxygen to body's tissues.

Anemia can be for short period or long period depending upon its intensity that can be mild or severe. Anemia can be a serious illness so consult your doctor if you have any doubt.

Anemia can be treated by medicines or by following some simple/complicated medical procedures. There are some types of Anemia which can be prevented by following a healthy lifestyle.

Anemia is found in around one third of the world population. There are more than 350 types of Anemia that are found in the whole world.

Following are the symptoms that can be seen if you are suffering from Anemia:

There are some types of Anemia which shows no symptoms at all. But following are the common Anemia symptoms-

• Weakness,
• Tiredness,
• Yellowish/Pale skin,
• Difficult in breathing,
• Dizziness,
• Cold,
• Head aches, etc

Anemia is caused due to following reasons:

 

1. Iron deficiency:

This type of Anemia is caused due to lack of iron in the body as the bone marrow requires iron to produce Hemoglobin in the body. Hemoglobin helps red blood cells to carry oxygen to body's tissues.

This Anemia can occur in any pregnant women who don't take iron supplements. The main reason for this Anemia is heavy bleeding during menstruation, ulcer, cancer. Due do inflammation in body which effects the blood lining may also cause blood loss.

2. Deficiency of Vitamins:

Your body needs to produce healthy red blood cells for which your body needs folic acid and vitamin B-12.  This Anemia can be caused due to unhealthy or lack of such vitamins in your diet.

There are some individual whose body does not dissolve the vitamin B-12 which might lead to such deficiency.

3. Inflammation:

There are some diseases which might hamper the production process of red blood cells which might lead to Anemia.

The diseases include- chronic inflammation, cancer, HIV, Kidney disease, arthritis, etc.

4. Aplastic:

This Anemia is one of the rare kind. In this kind of Anemia there is the threat to life. Here the body doesn't produce red blood cells. 

Main cause of this Anemia may be due to- infection, medicines, immunity or toxic chemical exposure. It usually occurs due to stem cells damage which is inside your bone marrow.

5. Bone marrow disease associated:

Here the Anemia usually occurs due to lack of production of red blood cells in bone marrow. The disease like leukemia may be the reason for such Anemia.

Anemia here can be mild or severe which can be life threatening.

6. Hemolytic:

In this kind of Anemia red blood cells are destroyed at the faster pace than the bone marrow might replace it. This destruction might be from the Blood diseases.

Hemolytic Anemia can be inherited or occur in later life.

7. Sickle cell:

This type of Anemia is later part of hemolytic Anemia in which the red blood cells are forced to be in sickle like shape by hemoglobin.

Here the Hemoglobin is defective which destroys the red blood cell prematurely. This result in shortage of red blood cells leading to Anemia.

There is the increase risk of Anemia due to following factors:

• A diet low in iron, vitamin B-12 and folic acid might lead to high risk of Anemia.
• If you have intestine disorder which might affect in dissolving the nutrients may lead to Anemia.
• The women who don't have menopause might lead to Anemia as they have higher risk than women with post menopause and also with men.
• Pregnant women you don't take iron supplement may suffer from Anemia.
• Disease which might cause to shortage of red blood cells will lead you have the high risk of Anemia.
• Anemia can be inherited you have any family history.
• People above the age of 65 have the risk of developing Anemia.

Anemia Prevention:

There are several type of Anemia which cannot be prevented but iron deficiency and vitamin deficiency Anemia can be prevented by following the diet which include:

• Iron rich food like meat, lentils, cereals, green leafy vegetables, etc.
• Folic acid which include fruits rich with folic acid, kidney beans, leafy vegetable, grains, peanuts, etc.
• Foods rich in Vitamin B-12 such as dairy products, soy product, meat, etc.
• Foods rich in Vitamin C such as oranges, strawberry, tomato, melons, etc

Prevention is always better than cure which is way always lead a healthy lifestyle to keep yourself away from such deadly diseases.

Always keep a tract of your diet and exercise and work on it as per your body needs.

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