Anaemia paper

Anaemia paper

 Are you feeling tired and drained most of the time? A series of headaches, shortness of breath, irregular heartbeat is recurring; then you are likely to suffer from Anaemia. It is the lack of healthy RBC’s in the body to carry sufficient oxygen to the body. Having a low Haemoglobin doesn’t allow your body organs to function efficiently; as a result, you are fatigued most of the time.

If you have any of the above symptoms, you must get a blood test done to check the Haemoglobin levels in the body. The treatment and diet plans can then be suggested by a health practitioner based on the blood test reports.

What causes Anaemia?

Hemoglobin is a protein complex that contains iron molecules. These iron molecules carry oxygen from the lungs to the other body parts. Low iron levels in the body may be due to:

1. Blood loss in the body: If you have a tumor or cancer or stomach ulcer – it can lead to blood loss chronically. While, trauma, childbirth, surgery may lead to rapid blood loss in the body. When there is a loss of blood, the body pulls water into the cells to keep the vessels filled. This results in dilution of the blood and RBC’s
2. Faulty production of RBC: Bone marrow is a tissue that is responsible for creating blood cells in the body. When diseases affect bone marrow such as leukemia, the average production of blood cells is disturbed, and high levels of white blood cells are abnormally produced. Some other conditions, such as sickle cell anemia, Crohn’s disease, stem cell production, also lead to low RBC count.
3. Poor diet: If you have a diet low in Vitamin B-12 and folate, then it can affect the production of RBC as these vitamins are responsible for producing RBC. This type of anemia is also called Megaloblastic and Pernicious Anemia, respectively.
4. Destruction of RBC: Some conditions like a snake bite, infections, side effects of antibiotics, infections, clotting, kidney, or liver problems can destruct the RBC before its life span of 120 days.

Types of Anaemia:

Based on symptoms, there are different types of Anaemia, such as:

1. Sickle cell Anemia: If you notice swelling in the feet, hands coupled with peculiar pain, constant fatigue, and jaundice – it is likely to be sickle cell anemia caused due to breakdown and misshape of RBC. These then get stuck in the blood cells leading to pain.
2. Hemolytic Anemia: Jaundice with high fever, dark-colored urine, and acute abdominal pain leads to the destruction of RBC
3. Folic Acid Deficiency Anemia: If you are suffering from diarrhea, irritation, and a smooth tongue, you got to start consuming a diet rich in folic acid to cure Anaemia.
4. Aplastic Anemia: Skin rashes, which are combined with frequent infections and fever, causes RBC to be destructed before their actual life span.

Diet:

If you have a deficiency of iron or vitamins in the body, then the Anaemia can be cured through a change in your dietary plan.

1. You can include foods rich in iron such as spinach and other dark leafy veggies, pomegranate, beans, meat, iron-fortified cereals, and dried fruits
2. Folate and Folic acid are usually found in fruits, peanuts, fruit juices, green peas, kidney beans, cereals, rice.
3. Vitamin C helps in increasing iron absorption such as citrus fruits, peppers, broccoli, melon, tomatoes.
4. Vitamin B-12 must be included in the diet. Food sources are meat, soy products, fortified foods, dairy products.

You must take a doctor consultancy who can recommend you the right dosage of vitamins and iron to be included in your diet for increasing hemoglobin levels in the body

Getting your Anemia Treated

Based on the type of Anaemia you have, the treatment plans may vary. Here are a few of them:

1. Aplastic Amenia: It can be cured through medication and blood transfusion or a bone marrow transplantation from a donor
2. Hemolytic Anaemia: A cardiologist will prescribe you medication which can strengthen your immune system
3. Sickle Cell Anaemia: You may have to include pain killers, vitamin supplements, and antibiotics. Based on your condition, you may have to undergo a blood transfusion.
4. Folic Acid Deficiency Anaemia: Vitamin supplements and dietary plans are suggested.
5. Thalassemia: It doesn’t require any specific treatment. However, if you have a severe condition, then you may have to go for a surgery or a bone marrow transplant or blood transfusion.