Defination and Causes of Iron Deficiency Anemia

Hemoglobin molecule

Iron-deficiency anemia is common and can easily be treated.

Anemia is a condition when the number of red blood cell counts becomes lower in the blood than normal of a person.

Anemia can occur for any reasons such as lack of iron in the body or lack of hemoglobin in blood.

Iron deficiency anemia occurs due to low levels of Iron in the body, body lacks enough Iron which it needs to build healthy red blood cells.

Iron deficiency anemia causes the loss of hemoglobin in red blood cell.

Hemoglobin binds oxygen with the help of Iron and carries oxygen to all over the body.

Oxygen is crucial in the body because oxygen is used by the body to break glucose and release energy that our body needs to perform the day to day activity.

Cause:

Iron deficiency anemia can occur for many reasons:

1. Blood loss:

A) Due to heavy menstrual bleeding in women.

B) Internal hemorrhage inside the body, by problems such as ulcers, hemorrhoids, or cancer, can also happen with regular aspirin use. Bleeding inside the body is the most common cause of iron deficiency anemia in men and in women after menopause.

2. Diet which doesn’t have enough Iron.

3. An inability to absorb enough iron from food.

4. Poor nutrition.