In routine blood tests, once hemoglobin is found to be below the normal range, it indicates the phenomenon of anemia, and it is an important reference value for determining anemia, which can be judged when hemoglobin is less than 11 g/min. So, what are the causes of low hemoglobin?
Iron deficiency anemia is the most common kind of anemia, caused by the lack of iron in the body causing hypochromic anemia. The iron for the normal human body to make hemoglobin mainly comes from the iron released after the destruction of aging red blood cells, while the absorption and excretion of iron are very little. The iron in the general diet is sufficient to supplement the body’s needs, and iron deficiency does not easily occur.
Therefore, the causes of low hemoglobin are mainly the following.
1, iron deficiency anemia will generally manifest as low hemoglobin, commonly caused by the lack of iron in the diet. Inadequate iron intake directly affects hemoglobin production and therefore can lead to major malfunctions in the production of hemoglobin molecules. This will undoubtedly result in low hemoglobin quality levels.
2, In addition to insufficient iron nutrition supplementation, anemia in women is also associated with excessive menstruation, functional endometrial bleeding, built-in uterine device, multiple pregnancies, multiple abortions, etc.; excessive blood loss will lead to iron deficiency anemia and a decrease in hemoglobin.
3.In addition there are diseases, such as chronic enteritis and digestive malabsorption, malaria, intestinal parasitic infections (roundworm, hookworm, tapeworm) and chronic infectious diseases including AIDS are also causes of anemia.
4. Among the causes of low hemoglobin, malnutrition is one of the most common factors. Many nutrient deficiencies can directly affect hemoglobin counts, such as vitamin deficiencies (especially B12). This problem is most common in pregnant women and women with poor diets (deficiencies in folic acid, vitamins and minerals).
This shows that patients with iron deficiency anemia should pay attention to a balanced nutrition in their daily life, not to be partial or dieting, and to develop healthy and good living and eating habits to avoid the occurrence of iron deficiency anemia.
In addition, if the blood routine finds low hemoglobin or red blood cell values, do not blindly judge it as iron deficiency anemia. There are many types of anemia, and different types of anemia are harmful to the human body to different degrees, and the corresponding treatment methods will also be different. Therefore, once low hemoglobin is found, it is important to identify the cause of anemia, determine the specific condition, and then target the treatment.
The human body is often anemic for a number of reasons, low hemoglobin in the body, the patient will produce dizziness and weakness, pale face, and may even complicate other diseases, therefore, patients with anemia should improve their condition in a timely manner, in addition to treatment, but also through diet to replenish blood. So, what should patients eat?
Commonly help to replenish blood diet are mainly the following.
1, jujube for blood
The Chinese medicine traditionally considers jujube to be a good blood tonic, and the jujube mentioned here is actually dried jujube. The vitamin C content of fresh dates is high, which can promote the absorption of iron and is beneficial for improving anemia. Dried dates, on the other hand, lose more vitamin C and contain more than 90 percent less than fresh dates. Meanwhile, dates do not contain high levels of iron, although they do contain iron. So it seems that eating dried dates does not serve the purpose of replenishing blood. In fact, Chinese medicine refers to “replenishing blood” as “replenishing qi and blood” rather than correcting anemia. Some people are not anemic, but they have a yellowish complexion, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, and weak pulse, which is a deficiency of qi and blood.
2, spinach for blood
The iron content in spinach is not high, only 1/10 of duck blood, and the absorption rate is very low, only about 2%, also only up to 1/10 of duck blood, by eating spinach supplemental iron effect is not ideal. However, spinach is rich in folic acid, the mother-to-be supplement is beneficial to the health of the fetal baby.
3, egg and milk iron supplementation
Eggs and milk are not good sources of iron either. The iron content of eggs is not high, and because it contains yolk high phosphorus protein, it will interfere with the absorption of iron, the absorption rate is only 3%, so eating eggs for iron is not effective. Milk is “iron-poor” food, iron content is very low, and the absorption rate is not high.
4.Black fungus for iron
The iron content of dried black fungus is indeed very high, even more than 3 times that of duck blood. However, when mothers-to-be eat black fungus, they need to go through water hair first, so the weight of black fungus will increase 6 to 8 times, which is equivalent to the iron content reduced to 1/8 to 1/6 of the original, the advantage of high iron content is almost gone, and there is also the problem of low absorption rate.
5, carrots
Carrots are high in vitamin B and C, and also contain a special nutrient – carotene, carotene is extremely beneficial for blood, with carrots in soup, is a very good blood soup drink. However, many people do not like to eat carrots, so my personal practice is to squeeze carrot juice and add date flower honey to it as a drink.
Warm tips: low hemoglobin and anemia can bring very serious effects to the patient’s body, timely blood replenishment, strengthening the body’s immunity and increasing resistance to disease is very necessary for patients with anemia.