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Question HI can someone explain in laymans terms if your Hemoglobin is low what cause's this and how it can be put right? Best Answer Your haem levels are basically the level of haemoglobin in your blood. Haemoglobin is the part that carries oxygen to your body's cells, so is obviously very important. When haem levels get too low, not enough oxygen gets to your cells, leading to breathlessness, excessive tiredness and when it's severe, can actually affect your periods. A diet low in protein or iron, copper or zinc can cause haem levels to dip, as can blood loss (such as while on a period). The best thing to do is have a diet high in iron-rich foods (such as lean red meats, and dark green leafy vegetable) and ALWAYS follow any meat with something containing vitamin C - your body cannot absorb iron without vitamin C, so even if you do have a diet already rich in iron, you're probably not absorbing it correctly. Others It means you have anemia (not enough iron in your blood). Depending on how severe it is, you can just eat more iron rich food (dark veggies etc) or you may have to take iron tablets. The most common cause is iron deficiency. In the developed world it is due to chronic bleeding. Girls usually get this because of heavy periods. Older people usually get this because of bleeding from the stomach. How you correct this? By finding the cause, correcting the cause and iron tablets haemoglobin is the red blood cell count in your blood. it means you are anaemic, and should take iron tablets, or eat plenty of red meat and dark leafy vegetables. dont worry its nothing serious x Hemoglobin (iron based) is what binds the oxygen in your blood. If it is low you do not get all the oxygen you need. Your heart has to work harder to get all cells the oxygen they need. If very severe that is where the trouble will hit the hardest as your heart can not keep up. Usually it is fixed by adding iron to your diet. In they old days they would feed you an apple where they had put in a rusty nail. Don't eat the nail of course..works but we can do better now. Take a pill or eat peas, spinach or nuts. If it is really low you want to kick start with some pills. low hemoglobin can be iron deficiency. Take one a day with iron. ,poor diet or you could be bleeding lets hope not. if you do a yahoo search WIKIPEDIA is a free encylopedia it gives you a wonderful diagram of cells sorry but i dont know how to do this paste thing for you. good luck !!! |
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