Maureen Connor

How can Iron Deficiency Anemia be treated?Its not about diagnosing your problem but getting down to what’s causing it. In this case taking a proper diet and also supplementation of iron rich vitamins for a short period to bring your iron blood levels to normal and then stopping the treatment as extra iron could lead [...]

Iron is in abundance in nature and in our food, so why is iron deficiency anemia as common as it is? Is everyone who has low iron levels diagnosed with Anemia? How is iron deficiency determined? How do I know if I’m getting enough? First we need to gain some basic understanding about iron and [...]

Causes of Iron Deficiency Anemia:Causes are divided into 4 major categories which include: Decreased intake of iron (not common): e.g. in infancy as breast milk is poor in iron Defective absorption of iron (not common): e.g. malabsorption syndrome Increased requirements for iron (common cause): e.g. menestruating females, pregnancy and labour Chronic blood loss (The commonest [...]