Symptoms and Causes of ANEMIA

A person with anemia has either fewer red blood cells than normal or a lower concentration of hemoglobin in them.

Because hemoglobin is required to deliver oxygen, having too few red blood cells, aberrant red blood cells, or insufficient hemoglobin will reduce the blood's ability to transfer oxygen to the body's tissues.


This leads to a variety of symptoms, including exhaustion, weakness, lightheadedness, and dyspnea. Age, sex, elevation of habitation, smoking habits, and pregnancy status all affect the ideal hemoglobin concentration needed to meet physiological requirements.

 A number of conditions can lead to anemia, including poor diets, poor nutritional absorption, infections (such as HIV, TB, malaria, and parasitic infections), inflammation, chronic illnesses, and obstetric and gynecological conditions.

Symptoms and Causes
What are the symptoms of anemia?
Fatigue — feeling too tired to manage your activities — is the most noticeable anemia symptom. Other symptoms may include:

What causes anemia?
Many things can cause it. For example, iron-deficiency anemia is the most common type of anemia. You can develop this type if you don’t get enough iron from the food you eat, or if you lose blood from an injury or illness. Healthcare providers classify anemia as being acquired or inherited.

Acquired anemias
You develop or acquire anemia from something that happens during your lifetime, like a condition that causes it.

Inherited anemias
An inherited anemia is when you’re born with the condition. Inherited anemias include:

Diamond-Blackfan anemia: This inherited disorder keeps your bone marrow from making enough red blood cells.
Fanconi anemia: This is a rare blood disorder. People with Fanconi anemia have an increased risk of blood disorders, including anemia.

Management and Treatment
How is anemia treated?

Your treatment will vary depending on the cause. If you have anemia because you have an underlying condition, your provider will treat that condition. But they may also do the following treatments specifically for anemia. Treatments may include dietary supplements or medications.

Dietary supplements
Your provider may recommend the following supplements for anemia:

• Iron supplements: This supplement comes in capsules or tablets that you can take by mouth with a glass of water.
• Folic acid supplements: Vitamin B9 (folate) is an essential vitamin that helps your body form red blood cells and DNA, which are the building blocks of your body.
• Vitamin B12 supplements: Vitamin B12 supplements support the production of healthy red blood cells.