Short answer
Get tested for ferritin, PVSS and hemoglobin. Include red meat, liver and buckwheat in your diet. Consult your doctor to select iron supplements if necessary.
A condition in which the body does not receive enough iron to produce hemoglobin.
The mechanism in three steps, and where you can intervene.
Trigger
Lack of iron in food, chronic blood loss (menstruation, GI bleeding), increased need (pregnancy, growth)
Mechanism
Iron deficiency → decreased hemoglobin synthesis → decreased oxygen capacity of the blood
Symptom
Weakness, pallor, brittle nails, taste perversion (desire to eat chalk/ice), tachycardia
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Get tested for ferritin, PVSS and hemoglobin. Include red meat, liver and buckwheat in your diet. Consult your doctor to select iron supplements if necessary.
A baseline panel for the most common causes.
The main marker of iron reserves in the body (reduced in IDA)
Shows the blood's ability to bind iron (increased in deficiency)
Reflects the degree of anemia (reduced with severe deficiency)
Shows current blood iron level (may be normal in early stages)
Reflect bone marrow activity (reduced in IDA)
How each marker relates to iron deficiency anemia.
IDA develops with chronic blood loss (heavy menstruation, gastrointestinal ulcers), insufficient dietary intake of iron (veganism, unbalanced diets) or malabsorption (celiac disease, gastritis). In pregnant women, the need for iron increases 2-3 times. Children during the period of active growth are also at risk.
Ferritin is the most sensitive test and reflects iron reserves. THC increases with deficiency. The CBC looks at hemoglobin, red blood cells (microcytosis, hypochromia), and reticulocytes. In Axioris, you can download PDF analyzes and track the dynamics of indicators on graphs, receiving an AI interpretation in the context of symptoms.
If hemoglobin is below 110 g/l (women) or 120 g/l (men), ferritin <30 mcg/l. Urgently - for shortness of breath at rest, tachycardia >100 beats/min, fainting. For pregnant women and children, correction is carried out only under the supervision of a specialist. Repeated tests 3 months after the start of therapy.
Taking iron with tea/coffee (tannins block absorption). Ignoring hidden blood loss. Discontinuation of therapy when hemoglobin normalizes (ferritin should reach 50-100 mcg/l). Using Axioris helps you avoid missing follow-up tests thanks to reminders.
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Основано на структурированном медицинском подходе, не на хаотичных советах из интернета.
Не заменяет очную консультацию и постановку диагноза врачом.
Срочные симптомы требуют немедленного обращения за медицинской помощью.
For a mild degree, it is possible if you include beef, liver, shellfish, buckwheat, lentils and combine with vitamin C. When Hb <100 g/l, iron supplements are usually required.
Ferritin is an acute phase protein and may be falsely elevated during inflammation (test with CRP). In this case, they focus on CVSS and transferrin saturation.
On an empty stomach, with ascorbic acid. Do not combine with calcium, antacids, coffee. The course is 3-6 months until ferritin, not just hemoglobin, normalizes.
Paleness, fatigue, decreased academic performance, geophagia (eating soil/chalk), frequent ARVI. In infants, motor development is delayed.
Control of hemoglobin after 2-4 weeks, ferritin - after 3 months. Axioris makes it convenient to compare indicators on charts and receive recommendations on the frequency of analyzes.
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