Iron Deficiency in Women
Journal Title: Women's Health – Open Journal - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
It is a well known fact that anaemia can give rise to a range of problems for people who suffer from it.1 In what follows, I will be concentrating on elaborating some of the subtle health issues surrounding anaemia. Anaemia refers to a condition negatively affecting blood, wherein there is insufficient iron for the production of haemoglobin. On the other hand, when the body is healthy, the red blood cells (RBC) transport the haemoglobin which is the carrier of oxygenated iron to virtually every part of the body. If the iron levels contained in the RBC are deficient, one of the most conspicuous symptoms is acute fatigue. It is the richness of iron in the haemoglobin that makes the RBC look a deep shade of red. The deeper the shade of red, the easier it is to oxygenate blood taken from the lungs and transport it to every cellular receptor site in the body.
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Ronald S. Laura
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- DOI 10.17140/WHOJ-3-e008
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