However, in the minds of many women, anemia is always thought to be caused by iron deficiency. Since there is a shortage of iron, iron should be supplemented. As long as iron is supplemented, the purpose of enriching blood can be achieved.
Others believe that eating some iron supplements properly can prevent anemia. Are these ideas and statements correct?
Actually anemia is not an independent disease. Some people misunderstand anemia, thinking that anemia is caused by iron deficiency, or treating anemia as sub-health. Neither of these views is correct. Anemia is a clinical symptom, not iron deficiency in blood, nor an independent disease, but caused by other diseases. The diagnosis of anemia depends on hemoglobin. Routine blood tests can screen anemia. Normal hemoglobin ≥ 1 10g/L and pregnant hemoglobin ≥ 10g/L are not considered anemia. It should be noted that for hematologists, the key is to help patients dig out the root cause of anemia. First of all, we should rule out malignant tumors, followed by digestive system diseases such as gastric bleeding.
Although anemia may be a sign of a major disease, it cannot go to the other extreme. Because, most of the female anemia patients diagnosed in hematology department are caused by the following reasons:
First, adolescent women have abnormal menstruation, more menstrual flow, more blood loss in the body, resulting in hemorrhagic anemia.
Second, the relative lack of nutrition during pregnancy leads to nutritional anemia.
Third, hemorrhagic anemia caused by postpartum hemorrhage.
Fourthly, menstrual irregularity in perimenopausal women leads to hemorrhagic anemia. Among them, types I and IV account for 70% ~ 80% of female patients.
Therefore, it can be considered that irregular menstruation and excessive blood loss are the main causes of anemia. The key to treat anemia is to remove the root cause. Director Wang Jingwen believes that the key to treating anemia is not to replenish blood, but to eliminate the root causes and change the unhealthy lifestyle. For example, some women live irregularly, like to stay up late, or smoke and drink too much, and suffer from gastric ulcer, and are unwilling to receive formal treatment. If the basic diseases are not diagnosed and treated, it is difficult to alleviate anemia simply by supplementing some nutrition and health care products. If it is simple ischemic anemia, go to the hematology department of a regular hospital and take the medicine prescribed by a doctor, which will generally take effect within one week.
Generally speaking, women use more than 20 sanitary napkins every menstrual period, and usually have symptoms such as dizziness and fatigue, which may be anemia. They should take the initiative to seek medical treatment in order to find out the cause of anemia as soon as possible. In contrast, adolescent and perimenopausal women are more prone to functional uterine bleeding because of their large menstrual flow, which leads to hemorrhagic anemia. But the root of this anemia is not only the uterus or ovaries, but sometimes the whole gynecological endocrine system. This system includes hypothalamus, pituitary gland and ovary, which restrict each other. In other words, once any link is improperly adjusted, it will directly affect the menstrual flow and cause hemorrhagic anemia.
Some perimenopausal women take some blood-enriching oral liquid without authorization after irregular menstruation, and then go to the hospital for examination after iron supplementation, which is easy to be misdiagnosed. Because some people's symptoms are iron deficiency anemia, but the real cause may be related to malignant diseases such as cancer. However, after iron supplementation, patients will give up seeking medical treatment because of the remission of anemia, and as a result, they will lose the opportunity of early detection of tumors. When the disease was discovered, it was too late.
The increase of menstrual flow in women of childbearing age may be uterine fibroids, and doctors should generally adopt different treatment methods according to factors such as age and fertility. When a doctor makes a diagnosis, he must first rule out other causes such as uterine fibroids. Once diagnosed with functional uterine bleeding, they will take different treatment methods such as menstruation regulation, ovulation induction or hemostasis according to the patient's age. In addition to prescribing different drugs to patients, they will also list nutritional recipes for patients and carry out systematic conditioning in order to recover in time. Director Wang Jingwen thinks that some women of childbearing age suffer from hysteromyoma, but they didn't have physical examination on time. They don't know that symptoms such as fatigue and pallor are caused by hysteromyoma. Instead, buy some blood-enriching health care products to take. Results Good nutrition "supplemented" the tumor, which not only failed to relieve anemia, but also aggravated uterine fibroids.
According to reports, anemia will not only lead to dizziness, fatigue and emaciation, but also affect the health of internal organs. Patients with severe anemia with a long course of disease will also have myocardial malnutrition, which is life-threatening. Anemia may also cause cerebral ischemia with high risk. In March this year, a survey in Nanjing showed that nearly 30% of female middle school students in Nanjing were anaemic. Some experts believe that anemia will directly lead to an overall decline in understanding, attention, logic and memory, and may also affect sleep. Most of the online blood-enriching sayings are misinformed. The reporter browsed the internet at will and found some.
About replenishing blood. For example, salted egg yolk is rich in iron and has the function of enriching blood, spinach has the function of soothing the liver and nourishing blood, yam and lily can enrich blood, and regular consumption can prevent anemia. The porridge mixed with walnuts, lotus roots, soybeans and japonica rice has a good effect of enriching blood. Bird's nest, a rare food, is a good food for enriching blood, and hawthorn is the cheapest. Professor Zhang Guoxi from Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine denied these claims. He believes that most of these propaganda are based on misinformation and have no scientific basis. At present, the recognized blood-enriching foods include animal blood products and animal liver. Scientific blood-enriching products include Ejiao, Angelica sinensis, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Arillus Longan, Polygonum Multiflori Radix and Radix Paeoniae Alba, but their functions and indications are different. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes syndrome differentiation and treatment, and it should be treated according to the specific symptoms of patients. Therefore, it is best for anemia patients to replenish blood under the guidance of doctors.
The reporter also learned from nutrition experts that the proportion of female nutritional anemia is also increasing, and the high anemia rate of women with good economic conditions is mainly related to the unreasonable diet structure. Some women do not eat meat in order to lose weight, which can also lead to anemia. In order to avoid this anemia, the daily meat intake should reach 200 grams.