Iron deficiency anemia

Hi, Professor

Husin in class. Um this is Maram

Manukian and I will be presenting on iron deficiency anemia.

So the little guy on the side, he seems confused and lost.

So I'm hoping by the end of this presentation,

he too will know what iron deficiency anemia is.

So let's jump right to it.

Iron deficiency anemia is a condition

uh in which blood lacks adequate healthy red blood cells.

So in the image, you can see normal blood has a good amount of red blood cells,

it's evenly, you know, distributed in the picture.

Whereas in an anemic patient,

um the red blood cell count is a lot less.

So a little bit of patho

uh

red blood cells carry oxygen to the body's tissues.

However, due to the iron deficiency, your body can't produce enough hemoglobin

in the red blood cells that enables them to carry oxygen.

So oxygen is obviously we all know very important,

all of our tissues need oxygen in order to you know, for us to survive.

And so when

um you have iron deficiency,

the body is basically it doesn't produce enough hemoglobin.

And in this image, you see the disc part is that he part

and in the middle of the disc is the iron.

So, if you're lacking a hem hemoglobin and obviously iron,

it's gonna be very difficult,

as you can imagine for your tissues to receive the oxygen that they need to survive.

So what does this result in? I don't want to get into too much detail, but

when you lack oxygen

and your, the oxygen is not, your tissues are not receiving enough oxygen.

You're actually going to be very fatigued and tired.

And, um, shortness of breath is also something that you will, um, experience.

So what can you do? You might be thinking?

Oh, I, I'm feeling like I'm tired and shortness of breath is

usually what I experience. Um, so it can be reversed or it can be corrected by

taking some supplements,

some iron supplements and then also including a iron rich food diet.

Um, can be something that

you can try.

Obviously in moderation, you can have some red, uh, red meat, you know,

there's some various vegetables,

pumpkin seeds. Um,

so these all can improve your iron deficiency.

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