Deficiency-Induced Anemia in the Body & causes, its prevention

Last Updated on March 14, 2025 by monalishamund1987@gmail.com

Deficiency-Induced Anemia : Anaemia is a condition in which the amount of Red Blood Cells (RBCs) and subsequently their oxygen carrying capacity is insufficient to meet the body’s physiological needs.

Hemoglobin requires iron, folic acid, vitamin C, protein, and vitamin B12 to be thick and red.

When these nutrients are lacking in the diet, hemoglobin becomes thin, pale, and less concentrated.

When there are insufficient red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood, it is referred to as anemia.

Age Groups	No anaemia	Mild	Moderate	Severe
Children 6-59 months	> 11	10 – 10.9	7 – 9.9	< 7
Children 5 – 11 years of age	>11.5	11 – 11.4	8 – 10.9	< 8
Children 12 – 14 years of age	>12	11 – 11.9	8 – 10.9	< 8
Non pregnant women (15 years and above)	>12	11 – 11.9	8 – 10.9	< 8
Pregnant Women	>11	10 – 10.9	7 – 9.9	< 7
Men	>13	11 – 12.9	8 – 10.9	< 8

• Reduced Development in Children
• Decreased Immunity: You frequently get sick
• Reduced ability to focus and disinterest in one’s work
• Diminished capacity for memorization and an inability to focus while working or retain recently acquired knowledge.
• Poor academic achievement
• Poor work capability, fatigue, and poor energy
• Low productivity
• Poor intrauterine growth and an elevated chance of preterm births are linked to maternal anemia, which raises the incidence of low birth weights and compromises the mother’s own survival after delivery.

i. CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS :

• Poor memory, focus, cognitive function, and academic performance
• Recurrent infections and weakened immunity
• Poor results for motor development
• Irregular menstruation Exhaustion/breathlessness
• Low stamina
• Child mortality

ii. Adults :

• Disabilities, weariness, and diminished muscle strength,
• Decreased work productivity and physical activity
• An irregular heartbeat
• Cardiac arrest
• Irritability or mood swings
• Hospitalizations
• Increased chance of mortality

iii. Pregnant Women :

• Early birth
• Low birth weight
• Blood loss during delivery
• Bleeding after giving birth 
• Deaths from pregnancy
• Perinatal care
• Neonatal care
• Immune depression and morbidity

iv. Lactating Women :

• The quality of life
• Fatigue
• Fyspnea and heart palpitations
• Risk of infection 
• Stress increases the likelihood of depression.

A)Nutritional: deficiency of these nutrients due to

• Low Dietary intake of iron
• Low bio-diversity
• Tea with meal
• Calcium phosphate supplement with meal
• Phytic acid and fibre in bran of cereals
• Phosphvitin in egg 

B)Blood loss or destruction of blood cells due to :

• Malaria
• Delivery
• Parasitic (Hook/round worm) infestation
• Blood loss during
•  Menstruation
• During adolescence & pregnancy iron needs are very high

Nutrition:

Genetic hemoglobin disorders :

• Thalassemia
• Sickle-cell anaemia

Non -Nutritional Causes

• Helminths spread by the soil
• AIDS
• Malaria
• Tuberculosis
• Fluorosis
• Pregnancy and early marriage
• Small intestinal problems and mal-absorption
• Poor sanitation and hygiene

50% of Anaemia is due to Iron deficiency

Inter-generational Life Cycle of Anemia :
a. Women with anemia who are pregnant
b. Low hemoglobin and iron levels in a baby 

c. Untreated anemia during early childhood

d. Teenager experiencing menstrual blood loss along with low iron and hemoglobin levels

e. With low iron stores, adolescents enter the reproductive age range.

Methods to Manage Iron Deficiency Anaemia:

• Food-Based Method
  Boost the amount and caliber of your diet
• Enhancement of food
• Supplementing with IFA and
• De-worming
• Preventing malaria
• Family planning

Nutritional Diversification Counseling

• Green fruits and vegetables
• Fish, beef, liver, and eggs
• Dried fruits, sesame, jaggery, sprouting pulses, ground nuts, jowar, bajra, and wheat
• Iron absorption is aided by diets high in vitamin C. Vitamin C is abundant in fruits including oranges, lemons, apples, pears, and Indian gooseberries (Amla).

Increased consumption of Iron Rich and Iron-Fortified food is necessary, as it is dietary diversification

• Long term approach
• Involves people’s eating habits
• Educating people about nutrition
• Reduce inhibitor and raise promoter concentrations to improve iron absorption

Thanks and Regards

N.B. This information is suggestive only.