What to do about iron deficiency anemia

Iron deficiency anemia can be treated by red blood cell infusion, etiological treatment, and iron supplementation therapy under the direction of a physician. 1. Red blood cell infusion: If iron deficiency anemia is associated with persistent massive blood loss and cardiovascular system disorders, red blood cell infusion can be used to intervene immediately and help stabilize the patient’s health. 2. Causative treatment: Although the use of iron supplementation alone can achieve the effect of restoring blood counts, the failure to remove the cause of the disease will cause the condition to recur. Therefore, patients need to treat the cause of the disease. For example, women with abnormally increased menstruation need gynecological treatment. Those with parasitic infections should be treated with deworming (albendazole). 3. Iron supplementation therapy: iron deficiency anemia is caused by iron deficiency, therefore, patients need to use to the therapeutic iron supplementation therapy, can be oral iron supplementation or intravenous iron supplementation, commonly used ferrous sulfate, iron levoglucosan, ferrous gluconate and so on. Before the treatment of iron deficiency anemia, the root cause of iron deficiency anemia should be found, so as to formulate and implement appropriate programs; if you find yourself with some suspected symptoms of iron deficiency anemia, you should consult a doctor in time, under the guidance of the physician to use medication.