Iron-deficiency anemia

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Anemia due to iron deficiency in the body - iron deficiency anemia. Iron deficiency anemia is about eighty percent of all types of anemia.
Iron deficiency anemia develops due to a lack of absolute iron intake into the human body, or due to prolonged( chronic) blood loss, when iron depot is depleted. WHO claims that thirty percent of all women in the world suffer from this disease and about fifteen percent of men.
Iron deficiency does not appear immediately, but only with the total depletion of its stock, it is at this time that the appearance of signs of anemia develops.
Symptoms of iron deficiency anemia can be divided into subjective complaints of the patient and clinical( as well as diagnostic) signs. With anemia, patients complain of weakness, reduced ability to work and malaise. Characteristic and, in part, pathognomonic signs of anemia are perversion of taste sensations, as well as disturbance of swallowing. Common significant signs of anemia are: shortness of breath, palpitations.

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As a result of the clinical examination, "small clinical symptoms of anemia caused by iron deficiency" are revealed: cheilitis, dry skin, brittle nails. These manifestations of anemia are initial and are identified with developing anemia. Severe anemia can also manifest as fainting. It is remarkable that manifestations and subjective sensations correlate with the duration of the disease and the age of the patient, but in fact they do not depend on the level of Hb reduction.
Iron deficiency anemia causes characteristic changes in the skin, hair and nails. The skin becomes pale( often with a greenish tinge), flabby and flaking. Hair is gray, lose its shine and thin( characteristic early graying).
The most typical changes in nails. Typically, the thinning and striation of the nail plate, nails become brittle and exfoliate, often the nail plate becomes a spoon-like shape. Deficiency of iron is manifested, characteristic only for this type of anemia, muscle weakness and atrophy of the epithelium of all mucous membranes, including the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory system organs and so on.
The frequent cause of the development of IDA is directly inadequate intake of iron from food. The rate of intake of iron in the body with consumed food: for men - 12 milligrams, for women - 15 milligrams( for pregnant women, consumption with food is recommended thirty milligrams).


Treatment of iron deficiency anemia is initially based on the elimination of the cause of this condition( elimination of bleeding and compensation for hemorrhage, as well as elimination of iron deficiency in the body).
Pathogenetically based treatment of IDA should be comprehensive.
Treatment is based on the elimination of the causes of the disease, as well as prescribed therapeutic diet, fero-therapy and long-term prevention of possible relapses.
One of the main dietary requirements for IDA is eating meat( preferably veal), as well as liver, which are high in iron-containing foods.
For the treatment of anemia of iron deficiency, the following iron-containing preparations are used: a chelator, a maltifer, a conferon.sorbifer durules, ferroplex, ferrum lek and others.
Prevention of iron deficiency anemia is: periodic examination and monitoring of blood levels, eating foods with high levels of iron( liver, meat, etc.), periodic intake of iron preparations, for the prevention, as well as prompt removal of sources of blood loss( treatment of wounds andother).