Low hemoglobin - symptoms

Anemia is a fairly common ailment that occurs when there is a lack of iron in the blood. Low hemoglobin, the symptoms of which are often manifested in women, affects the transport of oxygen in the blood, so that tissues and organs feel a lack of nutrition. It is especially important to control the level of this substance to women, since the condition of the reproductive system depends on this.

Symptoms with low hemoglobin

The reasons for the development of anemia can be many. The disease occurs as a result of a lack of iron in the diet, which is typical for women who diet. Also due to bleeding with prolonged menstruation, ulcers, hemorrhoids , with a deficiency of substances necessary for the synthesis of hemoglobin (ascorbic and folic acid and vitamin B12).

Signs of low hemoglobin and symptoms in women arise for the following reasons:

1. The influence of the hormonal background in the period of sexual development of girls, as well as during menopause.
2. Abundant prolonged menstruation, which is a consequence of uterine fibroids, endometriosis, disruption of the ovaries.
3. Reduction of the number of erythrocytes in the blood, due to liver diseases, hormonal disorders and infections.
4. Uterine bleeding dysfunctional nature, which lasts more than two weeks, and cause symptoms of low hemoglobin in the blood. This is due to a violation of the pituitary, adrenal and ovarian connections.
5. Diets low in protein, lack of vitamins, calories and vegetarianism .

If hemoglobin low symptoms at first can not be manifested. Only with a significant decrease in this substance, a person feels signs of an ailment, which, above all, is accompanied by fatigue, dizziness, lethargy and drowsiness, a deterioration in concentration.

The following changes in the body are also observed:

1. Spontaneous increase in body temperature to 37.5 degrees.
2. Disturbance of taste and the appearance of cravings for inedible products (clay, chalk, coal, sand). Also, a person wants to eat non-processed foods (minced meat, cereals, dough, pasta).
3. Imbalance of smell and craving for unusual smells (gasoline, paint, naphthalene, lacquer, acetone, exhaust gases).

For ailment are characteristic:

• tachycardia;
• lowering of pressure;
• frequent syncope.

Patients are noted glossitis (reddening of the mucous tongue and its soreness). Less commonly observed:

• swelling of the extremities;
• prolonged heartburn;
• causeless occurrence of bruises;
• vomiting;
• excessive sweating.

What are the external symptoms with low hemoglobin?

Among the most common symptoms of an ailment are:

• changes in the state of the nail plates, their thinning and delamination;
• hair loss, dryness and fragility;
• cracks in the corners of the mouth.
• pallor of the skin, which sometimes becomes icteric;
• cyanosis of the lips, their cracking.

Symptoms and treatment of low hemoglobin levels

Initially, therapy is aimed at eliminating the cause that caused the disease. Then they start treatment of anemia, the basis of which is the intake of iron-containing drugs and their intramuscular and intravenous administration.

It is also necessary to enrich your diet with vegetables, by-products, meat (especially beef), fish, fruits, buckwheat, nuts and berries, be sure to eat citrus, pomegranate juice, cranberries and other products containing vitamin C. In this case, to improve the assimilation of iron should minimize the consumption of dairy products, fatty foods, flour products, green tea and coffee.