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Anemia – Women’s Health Issues

October 28th, 2011

Anemia is known to the public as less blood disease. The disease is experienced by vulnerable children, pregnant women, women, and workers in general. There are two types of anemia are known so far is anemic and non-nutrient malnutrition.

Anemia is a state of nutritional anemia due to deficiency of nutrients required for the formation and the production of red blood cells, both the quality and quantity.

Nutritional anemia itself there are several kinds, namely:

1. iron nutritional anemia, occurs due to insufficient supply of iron (Fe). Iron is the core of the hemoglobin molecule which is a major element in red blood cells. Thus, the supply shortage of iron can lead to decreased production of hemoglobin.
2. nutritional anemia of vitamin E, vitamin E is an essential factor for red blood cell integrity. Vitamin E deficiency can lead to the integrity of red blood cell walls become weak and not normal so it is very sensitive to hemolysis (rupture of red blood cells)
3. nutritional anemia folic acid, often referred to as megaloblastic or macrocytic anemia. In this case the state of red blood cells the patient is not normally characterized by larger ones, are few, and not yet mature.
4. nutritional anemia or vitamin B12 is also called pernicious. Symptoms are similar to symptoms of anemia folic acid, but is accompanied by disturbances in the digestive system inside.
5. nutritional anemia or vitamin B6 also called siderotic. The situation is similar to iron nutritional anemia, but if the blood were tested in the laboratory, normal serum iron. » Read more: Anemia – Women’s Health Issues