ANEMIA

Busy lives of women age 20-40 with no regular pattern of eating, the food that does not balanced influence body does not get the nutrition, vitamins and minerals is needed from food, namely folic acid and iron. Lack of vitamins and minerals can cause anemia.

In fact, it's all about the women, five of them related to nutrition, anemia couse of iron deficiency, osteoporosis, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and several types of cancer.

Anemia couse iron deficiency include diseases that are common among women after menstruation cycle. Anemia word comes from the Greek language: anaimia, meaning without blood. Anemia blood diseases including the most common. Around 400 million women around the world affected by anemia. Which is vulnerable to anemia menstruation with many women (more than 5 days), are pregnant, work and diet.

For women, anemia reduce vitality and fitness, decrease the ability of concentration and work, easily hurt, the body resistance to decline, a slow healing wounds, is not working well, work productivity down 20%. In severe cases, anemia can cause infertilitas, fainting, bingun on women of all age levels.

Anemia serious health problems including, but not often. If you feel tired, listless, weak, women are often considered normal due to busy. On the iron deficiency anemia is not normal. Susahnya, signs of anemia develop slowly. Initially may not have signs. Or equivocal signs. When worsened, the possibility of symptom appears below:

• Tired (very common)
• Weak (very common)
• Dizziness
• Headache
• Cold hands and feet
• Low body temperature
• Pale skin
• Fast heartbeat or not uniform
• Short breath
• Chest pain
• Easy to anger

All sign and symptom can occur because the heart must work harder to pumping more blood that rich oxygen to the entire body. Too little oxygen in the body can damage that body. The heart must work harder to bring the lack of red blood cells or hemoglobin. This extra work can harm the heart and cause heart failure.

Type of anemia

Iron deficiency anemia

Including the type of anemia the most common. Iron deficiency anemia occurs when body lack of iron. Iron content is low because:

• Blood loss (de-worming and menstruasi)
• Increased iron needs due to pregnancy, breastfeeding and growth
• Poor dietary iron
• Disorders of absorption

Vitamin deficiency anemia

If vitamin B12 or folate level low can cause anemia. Body need vitamin B12 to make blood cells, red cells, maintaining nervous system working normally. This type of anemia most often occurs in people who do not the body can absorp vitamin B12 from food due to autoimmune disease. Can also occur due to intestinal problems.

You can also experience anemia if eaten food that does not contain adequate vitamin B12. With this type of anemia, the possibility of doctors do not realize you do not get adequate vitamin B12. Do not get adequate vitamin B12 can cause Baal in the leg and foot, a problem when walking, loss of memory, and eye problems.

Folic acid deficiency anemia

Folate or folic acid is also needed to make blood cells red. Folate is a kind of vitamin B that found in foods such as vegetables, fruit, a dried bean and pea. Also found in bread, pasta and cereal.

This type of anemia occured if they are not going to get adequate folate or the problem of vitamin absorp. Also occurred in the third trisemester pregnancy, when the body needs extra folate.

Once iron deficiency anemia to develop, to improve the intake of food rich in iron is usually not enough to edit the problem. You need iron supplements to meet the needs of the body. Discuss with your doctor. Chance of doctors to give you iron tablets or supplements that are sold freely. Iron supplement consisting of 2 forms; Ferrous and ferric. Ferrous form absorp by body better. A kind of vitamin supplements and iron containing blood increase Ferrous, vitamin C, folic acid, vitamin B12.

Maybe tge doctors recommend drinking iron supplements with orange juice. Vitamin C helps the body to absorp iron. Avoid coffee, the, yellow eggs, milk, fiber and soy protein because absorpsi prevent iron. Do not be consumed together with foods rich in iron. Food rich in iron such as:

• Cereal / bread, the iron difortifikasi
• Liver
• Lentil and beans (bean)
• Kerang
• Know
• Green leaf vegetables
• Red meat is not fatty
• Fish
• Dried fruit such as APRICOT, prune, raisin

Resource : AURA Magazine/April 2009