Can anyone tell me the seriousness of being anemic?

Answer 1

Its an iron deficiency and will make you real tierd....you wont want to do anything but sleep.

Answer 2

I could be very serious, as well as inconvenient. An anemic person doesn't have enough hemoglobin or red cells, iron, which carry oxygen to the tissues. Oxygen is a good part of the fuel your body needs to function (can't live without it). Your brain uses more oxygen than the rest of the body, so without it, you're not as sharp mentally. Your muscles can't function right, so you're weak, tired, have no energy. The more anemic you are, the worse the problems will be, and consider that all of your organs and fluids use oxygen. Take care of it...
Incidentally, if your anemia is from a very heavy menstrual flow, ask a doctor to check your thyroid. Some doctors don't realize the connection - my gynecologist didn't. Good luck!

Answer 3

Well if you are your body is not getting enough oxygen to your blood cells it usually means that you could be low on iron or one of the B-vitamins
I was anemic after I had my first child and it makes you very tired and you crave certain foods.
It is best to get your blood work checked out by a doctor. It can usually be helped with a supplement. First blood work is needed to determine what type of deficiency is causing the anemic state in your body.
I listed a website that might help you.
If you think you might be anemic you should get your blood work done.
The seriousness is that you can pass out or it can be mistaken for something else, you can tire very easy, and it makes it hard to concentrate on mental tasks.
Good Luck.

Answer 4

Well, anemia can be cause by a few things:

1. diet
2. internal bleeding
3. period
4. thal minor (genetic anemia.. minor form)
5. thal major (genetic anemia.. serious form)

If it's diet or period or thal minor.. most likely the worse care scenerio is that you'd feel fatigued, irritability, innomnia. headache, shortness of breath, difficulty concentrating, passing out, being pale. Unless you are REALLLLLLLLLLLYYY lacking and have severe anemia, which is usually not the case with these.

If you have internal bleeding, this obviously can be a big problem. And with thal major (which is genetic), that's fatal (but of course that's something that'd kill you before you reach adulthood and it's something you'd know right away from birth).

Answer 5

It can make very tired and kill you eventually.