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Anemia: What Is Anemia? Symptoms And Prevention | Diet Tips And Foods To Prevent Anemia – NDTV
In India 50% of women in the childbearing age and pregnant women are anemic, and not just that, about 23% of men have also been found to be anemic.
Most common anemia seen in population-based studies is iron deficiency anemia.
Anemia is a condition when there aren’t enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen to the various cells and tissues in our body. The oxygen supplied through our lungs combines with the hemoglobin in the RBC’s and is carried to all the organs and cells, and in return, it picks up the carbon dioxide for excretion through the lungs. Hemoglobin is made up of four globin proteins to which the ‘heam’ or iron is attached….
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