what causes low heamoglobin levels and what is it's effects?

Answer 1

Low hemoglobin levels is due to anemia. If you are anemic, you tend to tire easily, makes you feel dizzy. Other cases also cause low hemoglobin like blood loss due to myoma, profuse bleeding during pregnancy due to retained placenta, lacerations in the genital area! Low hemoglobin may be due chronic problems like chronic renal insufficiency!
A lot more cases causes low hemoglobin! Better consult your doctor is you need only iron replacement, in severe cases, blood transfusion is needed.

Answer 2

Oooo... lots and lots of things.

Low haemoglobin is anaemia, and that comes in plenty of flavours, however, the signs and symptoms remain pretty much the same. Most anaemics don't have distinct symptoms, there may be some fatigue and some light-headedness, maybe feeling 'run-down' but it's is fairly unusual to get palpitations and shortness of breath that mark severe disease which is why anaemia often goes undetected. In terms of signs, the patient's heart rate will be elevated and they may appear to have pallor (usually first noticable inside the lower eyelid) but these are both signs of fairly advanced disease.


The first cause worth mentioning is pure iron deficiency anaemia, it's exactly what it says on the tin. It occurs when the dietry intake or absorbtion of iron is not adequate or when blood is lost. This form of anaemia is classically associated with women of child bearing age who regularly lose blood through menses.

Blood disorders such as thallasemia and sickle cell can also cause anaemia - this is because the red blood cells are incompetant.

Deficiencies of folate and/or vitamin B12 can cause anameia. Either through a dietry lack or an failure of absorbtion. In the elderly, a common autoimmune condition called perniciious anaemia attacks parietal cells in the stomach which secrete an important agent (intrinsic factor) in the absorbtion of B12.

Many chronic illnesses cause anaemia, this is believed to be due to the inflamation response interfering with the bodys iron metabolism. However, in kidney disease, the low or absent production of erythropoetin causes anaemia because the bone marrow isn't stimulated to make new red blood cells.

Treatment depends on the cause. It can be iron tablets or a blood transfusion, folate or B12 supplements or treatment of the underlying condition.

Answer 3

The best is to consult your doctor, which is very important to have a proper diagnosis for the specific treatment for low haemoglobin and the condition is known as anaemia. In a nut shell the broad category of different types of anaemia are as follows Deficiency disorders, including Iron, Vitamins e.g., vitamin B12, protein calorie malnutrition Excessive blood loss, e.g., erosive gastritis, peptic ulcer, cancer, hook worms, other reasons Excessive destruction of blood, e.g., hemolytic anaemia's due to a variety of reasons, and other reasons Production of blood is interfered due to problems with bone marrow, e.g., plastic anaemia, and some malignant dis orders Genetic problems, Thallasemia, hereditary spherocytosis, sickle cell anaemia etc. Chronic disorders, e.g., kidney failure, chronic relapsing malaria, cancer, chronic hepatitis etc. Endocrine problems, hypothyroidism etc. It is a very vast field of medicine encompassed as haematology, so the best will be to consult a good doctor for proper diagnosis and specific treatment as health is very important blessing and low haemoglobin will make you feel tired, lack of energy and easy fatiegability. Any questions you may contact through yahoo personnel, they are very nice people

Answer 4

low hemoglobin levels are caused by excessive blood loss,excessive bruising,certain traumatic injuries, and being anemic (not having enough iron in the bloodstream).

effects of this are

-fatigue
-irritability
-pale skin
-headaches
-decreased appetitie

in severe cases it can cause heart failure and eventually death if not treated

Answer 5

There are several causes: Hookworm infestation, blood loss, blood dyscrasia, etc.
The effect would be dizziness, shortness of breath, headache. because of the lack of oxygen