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Anemia is a deficiency in the size or number of red blood cells or in the amount of hemoglobin they contain. [1] This deficiency limits the exchange of O 2 and CO 2 between the blood and the tissue cells. [1] Globally, young children, women, and older adults are at the highest risk of developing anemia. [1]
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Anemia affects 27% of the world's population with iron-deficiency anemia accounting for more than 60% of it. [116] A moderate degree of iron-deficiency anemia affected approximately 610 million people worldwide or 8.8% of the population. [14] It is somewhat more common in females (9.9%) than males (7.8%). [14]
Iron deficiency, or sideropenia, is the state in which a body lacks enough iron to supply its needs. Iron is present in all cells in the human body and has several vital functions, such as carrying oxygen to the tissues from the lungs as a key component of the hemoglobin protein, acting as a transport medium for electrons within the cells in the form of cytochromes, and facilitating oxygen ...
Drug-induced folate deficiency anemia: D52.1: Protein-deficiency anemia: Protein deficiency anemia is an anemia that results from an inadequate intake of dietary protein. [14] Scurvy: E54: 13930: Scurvy is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C, [15] which is required for the synthesis of collagen in humans.
Iron-deficiency anemia is anemia caused by a lack of iron. [3] Anemia is defined as a decrease in the number of red blood cells or the amount of hemoglobin in the blood. [3] When onset is slow, symptoms are often vague such as feeling tired, weak, short of breath, or having decreased ability to exercise. [1]
[2] [4] Atransferrinemia is characterized by anemia and hemosiderosis in the heart and liver. The iron damage to the heart can lead to heart failure. The anemia is typically microcytic and hypochromic (the red blood cells are abnormally small and pale). Atransferrinemia was first described in 1961 and is extremely rare, with only ten documented ...
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