Anemia - causes, symptoms, complications, diagnosis, treatment, prevention
sunadh | Mar 08, 2010 | Comments 4
It is the common blood related disorder.
Blood constitutes of chiefly WBC, RBC and Platelets. If RBC gets low in number or if it contain less amount of hemoglobin in the circulating blood it leads to Anemia (lack of blood). Iron poor blood is the other name for Anemia. So as a result the oxygen carrying capacity decreases.
Ranges:
Normal lifespan - 120days.
Produced from - Bone marrow.
For Men - 13.5gram/100ml.For Women - 12.0gram/100ml.
Hemoglobin: Red pigment which gives color to the blood.
R.B.C: Also called erythrocytes found in millions in our blood.
Hematocrit: It measures the percentage of RBC in the whole blood.
Causes:
- Decreased production or red blood cells.
- Loss of blood.
- Disease like Sickle cell anemia, Thalassemia, Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.
- Pregnancy related anemia.
- Poor nutrition.
Symptoms:
- Shortness of breath.
- Pale looking.
- Angina(chest pain).
- Rapid heart rate.
- weakness.
- Fainting.
- Low B.P.
- Rapid Breathing.
- Cold skin.
- Hair loss.
- Palpitations.
- General Weakness.
- Tired.
- Irritability.
Complications:
Hemoglobin helps in delivering oxygen to all the body parts and to exhale and in cases of low amount of hemoglobin this function gets disturbed and results in hypoxia.
Hereditary: It is hereditary.
How Diagnosed????? By sending the blood sample for Complete Blood Cell Count in which it measures
- RBC
- Hematocrit
- Hemoglobin
- WBC
- Platelet.
Treatment:
- Cause for the disease should be identified.
- Treatment depends on identified cause of anemia.
- Medical treatment is prescribed in most cases.
- Folic acid and B12 supplements are generally prescribed for hormonal problems in teenage and for childern.
- Stimulating Bone marrow for making blood cells.
- Blood transfusion should be enabled if in severe causes.
- In sickle cell anemia, thalassemia and in many more diseases bone marrow transplantation is required.
Prevention:
- Well balanced diet.
- Avoiding alcohol.
- Visiting doctor regularly.
- Taking iron rich food.
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