What is Anemia
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develops when your blood lacks healthy red blood cells.
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The body lacks iron
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3.5 million Americans are affected yearly.
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It is usually hereditary and are affected once the baby is born.
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There are 400 types of Anemia which are all VERY DIFFERENT!
ANEMIA IS CAUSED BY:
- blood loss
- decrease or faulty blood cell productin
- destruction of red blood cells
- kidney disease
- Hypothyroidism
- Autoimmune disorders; Lupus
- menstruation having excessive bleeding and multiple pregnancies
- Body can produce little blood cells or blood cells that do not work properly
- Lack of minerals and vitamins/ Nutricional problems
- Infections, Some kind of cancer, exposure to drugs or toxins
When and Where??
According to Patricia Stuart-Macadem, in the book
"Diet, Demography, and Disease"
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Anemia has been around for over 3000 years (1500 B.C) In A.D 1640; Lazarus Riberus recommended the use of iron as a remedy for what was probably anemia. In the nineteenth century, chronic anemia was known as "green sickness"
