Do you often get tired after a busy day and think you’re just working hard, but you never think it might be the blood inside your body whispering the alarm? Anaemia, a health hazard hidden in daily life, is far more complex than we thought…
I. Where is anaemia “the troublemaker”?
Anaemia is not a single disease but a blood anomaly. Imaged as a running river, our blood cells are the “ships of transport” in which oxygen is loaded and transported to various “ports” (organs and tissues) of the body. When the number of red cells is reduced, or when the “goods” of their oxygen are reduced — the blood protein content — the body is in an “aerobic” condition, which is anaemia.
II. “Frozen” manifestations of anaemia
1. The face is as pale as paper
This is a more intuitive sign of anaemia. Due to the decline in red blood cells and haemoglobin levels, it is not possible to give the skin enough “red radiant” to make the whole person look bad.
2. Panic shorts like windboxes
In an attempt to make up for the lack of oxygen, the heart beats and tries to speed up the blood cycle. So, heartbreaks and panics often appear, like old windboxes, working hard. The air is short because of the lack of oxygen in the body ‘ s organs and the rapidness and shallowness of the breath, which is the result of a little activity.
“Twisted”
Brain demand for oxygen is extremely high and sensitive. When anemia leads to a lack of oxygen, the brain is like a “temporal” child, giving rise to dizziness and dizziness, and when it is serious, it can even have immediate blackness and instability, as if the world around it is spinning.
4. Wearyness as “resident guests”
The body lacks sufficient oxygen to maintain normal physical activity, and both muscle and nervous systems are affected. This makes it difficult, even after a full rest, to lose the sense of fatigue, to lose the strength of day-to-day activities and to carry a heavy burden.
III. “The behind” of anaemia
Nutritional “pot”
Underingestion or ingestion of iron is a common cause of iron deficiency anaemia. For example, chronic vegetarian diets, unbalanced diets, or stomach-intestinal diseases affect iron absorption. Vitamin B12 and folic acid deficiency are mostly related to vegetarian, gastrointestinal disease or the effects of certain drugs, and their deficiencies can lead to mega-cell anaemia.
Chronic disease “suffocation”
Chronic diseases, such as chronic kidney diseases, chronic inflammatory diseases and self-immuno-immunological diseases, can affect the functioning of the body or lead to increased erythrocyte damage, leading to anaemia. For example, the reduction of erythrocytes due to the reduction of erythrocyte-based kidneys among persons with chronic kidney diseases has limited erythrocytes.
“Overblood loss” during special periods for women
Women are vulnerable to anaemia during their physiological period when they have a disproportionate number of menstruations, or when they are not adequately supplemented during pregnancy or the post-natal period because of their increased nutritional needs. This is due to high levels of loss of blood or excessive nutritional consumption, which is beyond the ability of the body-made blood system to pay.
IV. “Systems” to address anaemia
Dietary adjustment is the basis
For iron-deficiency anaemia, there is an increase in iron-rich food intake, such as red meat, animal liver, beans, green leaf vegetables, etc. The combination of vitamin C-rich foods, such as oranges and lemons, helps to promote iron absorption. Anaemia caused by vitamin B12 or folic acid deficiency is associated with the consumption of meat, eggs, dairy products and fresh vegetable fruits.
2. Treatment of primary diseases is key
Active treatment of primary diseases is particularly important if anaemia is caused by chronic diseases. It is only by controlling underlying diseases that anaemia can be fundamentally improved. For example, chronic kidney patients are treated with a standard kidney disease, and anaemia is reduced as the kidney function improves.
3. Reasonable medical use
In some cases, doctors may prescribe drugs such as iron, vitamin B12, folic acid supplement or erythrocyte-promoting, depending on the type and severity of anaemia. Patients must strictly comply with medical instructions and must not reduce their own doses or stop drugs to ensure their efficacy and safety.
Anaemia is by no means a small problem that can be ignored, and it is a warning signal from the body. Understanding the multidimensional nature of anaemia and its timely detection and effective response will enable our body to rejuvenate and move steadily on a healthy path.
