2006-12-23 08:16:04 · 13 answers · asked by marie 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Anaemia is not the name of any specific disease. It is a category. It is when your blood has a reduced capacity for carrying oxygen, either because your blood is screwed up, or because your body isn't making enough of it. Folic acid, Vitamin B12 and Iron are all needed to make healthy read blood cells. When you don't have enough of one of these things, (deficiency) you become anaemic.
Other anaemias can be actual inherited disorders, such as sickle cell disease, where the cells are shaped like crescents, and thalassaemia, where the haemoglobin strands don't carry oxygen properly. There are so many blood disorders under this category.
2006-12-24 11:01:55 · answer #1 · answered by the_happy_green_fish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anaemic relates to anaemia. Anaemia is basically where the blood has reduced capacity to carry oxygen. There are many reasons. The obvious ones have already been stated:
Iron defficiency, leading to abnormal Haemoglobin.
Polycytopenia...low numbers of red blood cells.
Sickle Cell... Generally found in Afrocaribbeans and Asians where the Haemoglobin is abnormal.
There are genetic disorders known as thalassemias where the Haemoglobin chains are abnormal. The above disorders are known as Microcytic. Where the Red blood cells are the smaller than normal. The only exception is Polycytopenia, where the cells are the right size, there is just less of them.
The Macrocytic disorders are where the Red Blood Cells are larger than normal and have trouble carrying Oxygen. This can be caused by lack of Intrinsic Factor in the stomach (Pernicuous Anaemia), leading to the lack of absorption of Vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid are needed for the production of Red Blood cells and with out them, Megablastic Anaemia can form... where the cells are too big and inefficient.
2006-12-23 16:46:59 · answer #2 · answered by Mubz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there!
Anaemia due to iron deficiency
Reviewed by Dr Rachel Green, consultant haematologist and Dr Patrick Davey, cardiologist
What is anaemia?
Anaemia is a deficiency of red blood cells, which can lead to a lack of oxygen-carrying ability, causing unusual tiredness and other symptoms.
The deficiency occurs either through the reduced production or an increased loss of red blood cells. These cells are manufactured in the bone marrow and have a life expectancy of approximately four months.
To produce red blood cells, the body needs (among other things) iron, vitamin B12 and folic acid. If there is a lack of one or more of these ingredients anaemia will develop.
I hope this helped!
Take care! :)
2006-12-23 16:49:25 · answer #3 · answered by Sandra Dee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is anaemia?
Anaemia is a deficiency of red blood cells, which can lead to a lack of oxygen-carrying ability, causing unusual tiredness and other symptoms.
The deficiency occurs either through the reduced production or an increased loss of red blood cells. These cells are manufactured in the bone marrow and have a life expectancy of approximately four months.
To produce red blood cells, the body needs (among other things) iron, vitamin B12 and folic acid. If there is a lack of one or more of these ingredients anaemia will develop.
2006-12-23 16:19:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't a mental health problem!
Anaemia means:
you have less red blood cells than normal, or
you have less haemoglobin than normal in each red blood cell.
In either case, a reduced amount of oxygen is carried around in the bloodstream
So, someone who has anaemia, is anaemic.
The links below give more information on anaemia and its symptoms, causes and complications.
2006-12-23 16:17:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Low iron blood levels
2006-12-23 16:17:40 · answer #6 · answered by **PuRe** 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
low number of red blood cells - normally means you need mor iron rich foods - spinach, guiness etc
2006-12-23 17:15:57 · answer #7 · answered by sue_k3851 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Red blood cell defiency. Leave you weak, pallid etc.
2006-12-23 16:24:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means you are lacking in red blood cells.
symptoms are things like tiredness , no energy all the time.
2006-12-23 16:19:09 · answer #9 · answered by uhm_yeh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an iron defieciency.
2006-12-23 16:18:14 · answer #10 · answered by dolce 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋