A common anemia occurs when insufficient balance intake or absorption of iron. anyone here wanna share some experience?

by the way here's a pic of blood morphology for IDA taking from microscope on my related study of hematology.

Common incident would be the time when you stand up when sitting down on a floor for a long period of time. You'll feel the 'dizziness' in relative to light to strong one.

low haemoglobin. actually it normally happen to most human because when we stand up after sitting down for a long period, our blood flow decrease, blood comes down to feet due the gravity cause the blood flow decrease as the oxygen decrease in our brain.

but from light to strong one is consider a symptom because IDA patient has low level of hb, nice..

This post has been edited by kasturipurba: Aug 9 2011, 12:43 AM

erm think u guys might have got the definition of IDA wrongly
IDA basically means anemia (low hemoglobin (low blood cells)) secondary to iron deficiency
Anemia may occur due to many causes such as B12 deficiency,folate deficiency etc.not only due to iron deficiency

When u have iron deficiency,u may have a huge array of symptoms which includes easy tiredness,inactivity,etc.severe forms may include shortness of breath,dizziness,chest pains,palpitations etc.

Iron deficiency may be caused by
decreased iron absorption e.g decreased iron intake,hookworm infestations etc.
Increased iron loss/iron usage e.g. Pregnancy,internal bleed,severe forms of periods (menorrhagia),per rectal bleed,etc.

Treatment may range from from regular iron supplementation e.g Ferrous sulphate,ferrous fumarate,iron Imferon injections to blood transfusions if the hb drops below 8g/dl.

Its not anemia caused by standing up after siting down for a long time.

This post has been edited by juliusglc: Aug 8 2011, 11:49 PM

yup, u're right.. maybe dreamsky999 juz wanna share little experience for who got IDA. people who got IDA will get tired easy than normal people, that so what dreamsky999 said, from light to strong one. or i just mistaken, do note me. just my 2 cent.

be careful who those only eat vegetable or meat only, make sure u get some additional supplement.

bumping this old thread, is it okay to go to any clinic to check on iron levels?

i think u can get the blood test from pathlab or bp if u just want to check on the iron levels. but it's good to check with clinics because they might have better offer.