Iron deficiency (ID) with or without anemia has important consequences for human health and child development: anemic women and their infants are at greater risk of dying during the perinatal period; children’s mental and physical development is delayed or impaired by iron deficiency; and the physical work capacity and productivity of manual workers may be reduced [1]. There have been many effo...

introduction: it is generally assumed that 50% of the cases of anemia are due to iron deficiency. the most severe consequence of iron depletion is iron deficiency anemia (ida), and it is still considered the most common nutrition deficiency worldwide. the main risk factors for ida include: inadequate iron intake, impaired absorption or transport, physiologic losses associated with chronological...

abstract background iron-deficiency anemia is a widespread public health problem with major consequences for human health especially, children. however, in a fraction of patients an underlying cause is never found during routine investigation. recent studies have suggested an association between helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) infection and iron-deficiency anemia. case presentation here is repo...

background: pregnant women take iron supplements in order to prevent iron deficiency anemia which may have undesirable effects for both the mother and fetus. this study aimed to compare the daily and intermittent dose of iron supplementation in blood and iron indices in healthy pregnant women.methods: in this clinical trial study, 145 healthy pregnant women were selected with hbx0511g%. the par...

Iron deficiency is the most common deficiency worldwide, with negative effects on work capacity and on motor and mental development of infants, children, and adolescents, particularly in developing countries. Free radicals were generated due to the oxidative damage to the red blood cells and the exact pro-oxidant & antioxidant status in iron deficiency anemia was still ambiguous. Hence we have ...

Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) remains prevalent in Australia and worldwide, especially among high-risk groups. IDA may be effectively diagnosed in most cases by full blood examination and serum ferritin level. Serum iron levels should not be used to diagnose iron deficiency. Although iron deficiency may be due to physiological demands in growing children, adolescents and pregnant women, the und...

Surveys in Australia, New Zealand and other industrialised countries report that many adolescent girls have dietary intakes of iron and zinc that fail to meet their high physiological requirements for growing body tissues, expanding red cell mass, and onset of menarche. Such dietary inadequacies can be attributed to poor food selection patterns, and low energy intakes. Additional exacerbating n...