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Winning the battle against iron deficiency anemia
Iron deficiency anemia affects a large percentage of women and if it isn’t treated, it can lead to lots of severe problems.
When someone sufferers from iron deficiency anemia, their body doesn’t have enough oxygen and it may present some of the following symptoms:
Dizziness, fatigue, shortness of breath when exercising, tachycardia, gastritis, headaches, tinnitus (ringing inside the ear), chest pain (angina pectoris), hair loss, sore or smooth tongue, cracking in the corners of the mouth (angular cheilitis), distortion in taste with a thirst for ice, lime, etc and cold feet - hands.
It can also cause brittle nails and spoon nails, painful indigestion, eating disorders, menorrhagia and menstrual disorders, fertility problems, vitamin B deficiency that can lead to neurophysiological disorders, and stress.
Our Social & Medical Center “The Good Samaritan” for the past 4 years has been examining women for iron deficiency anemia due to the fact that most of the women who visit us are tired, worn out and they come with an aggravated medical history, several or difficult births, malnutrition, blood loss or iron deficiency.
Therefore, when women have hemorrhages, that’s when iron deficiency anemia appears and once they get anemia, they bleed more often, resulting in a vicious circle that needs to be broken.
“Most of the women we have examined have had mild to very severe anemia which we have managed to fight, thus improving their quality of life,” says the Center's midwife, Katerina Daliani.