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A Review on Major Causes of Anemia and its Prevention Mechanism

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  • Hirpasa Teressa

    (Department of Biology, Debre Tabor University, Ethiopia)

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Anemia is one of the most public health problems that cause serious health difficulty like impaired mental and psychomotor development, reduced work performance, increased susceptibility to parasitic infections, and growth retardation in children. The factors for anemia causation are low socio-economic status, nutritional deficiencies, helminthic infections and other infectious diseases, illiteracy, and blood disorder. The major causes of anemia are iron deficiency, foliate deficiency, hookworm infection and malaria. Out of two billion people suffering from anemia, about 50% cases are related to iron deficiency. The cost-effective interventions against anemia include treatment of the underlying causes, restoration of the hemoglobin concentration to normal levels, and prevention and treatment of complications. Furthermore, the simplest and best way to prevent anemia is to eat the gluten free food made from Ethiopian red teff (Eragrostis tef)) which is full in iron and B-complex vitamins.

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  • Hirpasa Teressa, 2019. "A Review on Major Causes of Anemia and its Prevention Mechanism," International Journal of Cell Science & Molecular Biology, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 6(3), pages 57-62, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:ijcsmb:v:6:y:2019:i:3:p:57-62
    DOI: 10.19080/IJCSMB.2019.06.555686
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