Common problem of women is lack of iron

Scientific research, fatigue, self-exhaustion, feeling exhausted, shortness of breath, and chest pain iron deficiency nin, 65 per cent of women.

Member of Family Physicians Association (AHEF) Fikret Kurt and his team reported the results of the research on the frequency of iron deficiency in women in the report published in the international congress.

In the family health center, which has a registered population of 7,320, the research carried out for one year included women over 18 years who applied to the family medicine polyclinic with different complaints and blood was collected. Women were assessed for B-12 and iron deficiency in the study. The average age of the women surveyed was 49.

Of the patients included in the study who were asked to measure iron, iron content was found to be 47 percent and ferritin, a type of sparingly responsive protein, was found to be 91 percent. Iron deficiency was diagnosed in 47 percent of the people who underwent iron measurement.

According to the report prepared as a result of the research, about 65 percent of the women who found iron deficiency anemia , iron deficiency was found in approximately 70 percent of women with low ferritin levels and about 40 percent of iron levels were found at normal levels.

- Anemia in the absence of iron can lead to heart problems

In the iron deficiency anemia, a common and easily treated type of anemia due to lack of adequate iron in the body, blood loss, malnutrition or inadequate absorption of iron in foods often leads to low iron levels.

When there is not enough iron, using stored iron, the iron is stored after a while. The iron deficiency anemia manifests itself with fatigue, feeling tired and exhausted, shortness of breath, chest pain and other symptoms.

Anemia of severe iron deficiency can lead to heart problems, infections, problems with growth and development in children and other complications. The most common anemia of iron deficiency anemia include infants, young children, women and adults with bleeding in internal organs.