Anemia in Young Girls
Lots of teens are tired. With all the demands of school and other activities, it's easy to understand why. For some people, though, there's another explanation for why they feel so exhausted: anemia.
To understand anemia, it helps to start with breathing. The oxygen we breathe in doesn't stop in our lungs. It's needed throughout our bodies to fuel the brain and all our other organs and tissues. Oxygen travels to these organs through the bloodstream — specifically in the red blood cells.
Red blood cells, (RBCs for short) act like boats, ferrying oxygen through the rivers of the bloodstream. RBCs contain hemoglobin, a protein that holds onto oxygen.
To make enough hemoglobin, the body needs to have plenty of iron. We get this iron, along with the other nutrients necessary to make red blood cells, from food.
To understand anemia, it helps to start with breathing. The oxygen we breathe in doesn't stop in our lungs. It's needed throughout our bodies to fuel the brain and all our other organs and tissues. Oxygen travels to these organs through the bloodstream — specifically in the red blood cells.
Red blood cells, (RBCs for short) act like boats, ferrying oxygen through the rivers of the bloodstream. RBCs contain hemoglobin, a protein that holds onto oxygen.
To make enough hemoglobin, the body needs to have plenty of iron. We get this iron, along with the other nutrients necessary to make red blood cells, from food.
Anemia is when a person has fewer
red blood cells than normal
red blood cells than normal
This can happen for three main reasons. Each of these causes is linked to a different type of anemia. When someone has anemia, you might hear people say they are "anemic."
Losing a little blood over a long period of time also might lead to anemia. This can happen in girls who have heavy menstrual periods, especially if they don't get enough iron in their diets.
- Red blood cells are being lost:
Losing a little blood over a long period of time also might lead to anemia. This can happen in girls who have heavy menstrual periods, especially if they don't get enough iron in their diets.
- Iron Deficiency Anemia:
The body is producing red blood cells more slowly than it should.
- The body is destroying red blood cells. Hemolytic Anemia
In a person with hemolytic anemia, the normal lifespan of the red blood cells is shorter than normal. When blood cells die off early, the bone marrow can't keep up with production. This can happen for a variety of reasons. A person may have a disorder like sickle cell disease or spherocytosis.
In other cases, the body's own immune system can destroy red blood cells.
In other cases, the body's own immune system can destroy red blood cells.
Why Teens Get Anemia
Because teens go through rapid growth spurts, they can be at risk for iron deficiency anemia. During a growth spurt, the body has a greater need for all types of nutrients, including iron.
Because teens go through rapid growth spurts, they can be at risk for iron deficiency anemia. During a growth spurt, the body has a greater need for all types of nutrients, including iron.
After puberty, girls are at more risk of iron deficiency anemia than guys are. That's because a girl needs more iron to compensate for the blood lost during her menstrual periods. Pregnancy can also cause a girl to develop anemia. And a teen on a diet to lose weight may be getting even less iron.
Vegetarians are more at risk of iron deficiency anemia than people who eat meat are. Red meat is the richest and best-absorbed source of iron. Although there is some iron in grains, vegetables, and some fruits and beans, there's less of it. And the iron in these food sources is not absorbed by the body as readily as the iron in meat.
Vegetarians are more at risk of iron deficiency anemia than people who eat meat are. Red meat is the richest and best-absorbed source of iron. Although there is some iron in grains, vegetables, and some fruits and beans, there's less of it. And the iron in these food sources is not absorbed by the body as readily as the iron in meat.
Symptoms of Anemia:
It's easy for people to overlook the symptoms of anemia because it often happens gradually over time. Looking pale can be a sign of anemia because fewer red blood cells are flowing through the blood vessels. The heart will beat faster in an effort to pump the same amount of blood and oxygen to the body, so the pulse may be faster than normal. Here are the most observable symptoms of anemia:
It's easy for people to overlook the symptoms of anemia because it often happens gradually over time. Looking pale can be a sign of anemia because fewer red blood cells are flowing through the blood vessels. The heart will beat faster in an effort to pump the same amount of blood and oxygen to the body, so the pulse may be faster than normal. Here are the most observable symptoms of anemia:
- Paleness
- Weakness
- Tiredness
- Chest pains (in severe cases)
- Shortness of breath (in severe cases)
- Heart palpitations (in severe cases)
- An increased heart rate especially during exertion (in severe cases)
- Rapid breathing
- Low blood pressure
- The symptoms of vitamin B12 anemia can also cause:
- Jaundice (Yellow staining of the skin and sclera (the whites of the eyes) by abnormally high blood levels of the bile pigment bilirubin. The yellowing extends to other tissues and body fluids.)
- Numbness and tingling in the hands and feet
- Equilibrium difficulties
- Confusion
- Personality changes and depression
- Yellow staining of the skin and sclera (the whites of the eyes) by abnormally high blood levels of the bile pigment bilirubin. The yellowing extends to other tissues and body fluids
As anemia progresses, a person may feel tired and short of breath, especially when climbing stairs or working out. They may develop headaches. Iron deficiency, which occurs before iron deficiency anemia develops, may affect a person's ability to concentrate, learn, and remember:
Anemia is not contagious, so you cannot
catch it from someone who has it!
catch it from someone who has it!
Foods to Eat to Counter Anemia:
The Homeopathic Approach to Anemia in Girls
Homeopathy Treatment & Homeopathic Remedies
It is essential to discover the particular grounds of anemia and eliminate any dietary shortages. In a majority of clinical cases, it is the gastrointestinal and assimilative ability of the individual that results in anemia. Nutritional deficit happens rare nowadays. Homeopathic remedies efficiently fix such disorders in the organism, and the system begins adapting the food. Thus, essential ingredients from become appropriately consumed respectively improving body functions that require these nutrients. Therefore, the body heals itself and cures the anemia naturally.
Homeopathy Treatment & Homeopathic Remedies
It is essential to discover the particular grounds of anemia and eliminate any dietary shortages. In a majority of clinical cases, it is the gastrointestinal and assimilative ability of the individual that results in anemia. Nutritional deficit happens rare nowadays. Homeopathic remedies efficiently fix such disorders in the organism, and the system begins adapting the food. Thus, essential ingredients from become appropriately consumed respectively improving body functions that require these nutrients. Therefore, the body heals itself and cures the anemia naturally.
If an individual has a look of full bloodedness or overabundance tailed by pallor or grayish of the skin of the face and swollenness of the limbs, then Ferrum is the remedy of choice. Ferrum metallicum is not the appropriate medicine for the anemia caused by loss of internal body juices (blood, lymph, etc.). For those forms of anemia, we prefer either Cinchona or maybe Natrum Muriaticum. In cases for Ferrum, the mucous tissues are pale. |
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