What to do if you have excessive menstruation and anemia

Because there is menstrual bleeding every month, many female friends experience anemia during or after menstruation, or have yellow complexion and dizziness during menstruation, all of which require adjustments to the body. Anemia can be a very dangerous bomb for women if they do not adjust their bodies. This article introduces dietary therapy for adjusting anemia in women. If you have such needs, be sure to read it carefully.

Most of the patients visiting the hematology clinic are female patients with iron deficiency anemia. According to relevant experts, if women often experience symptoms such as dizziness, fatigue, blurred vision, tinnitus, palpitations during activity, and shortness of breath, and if the hemoglobin level is lower than 110 g/L in a routine blood test, they can be diagnosed with anemia. Patients with iron deficiency anemia also have symptoms of iron deficiency: dry and dull skin, dull, brittle and easy hair loss, and in severe cases, raised nails, flat nails or ingrown nails, stomatitis, glossitis, superficial ulcers at the corners of the mouth and difficulty swallowing.

Once the diagnosis is confirmed, the patient must receive systemic treatment under the guidance of a specialist, including:

In terms of diet therapy, the following foods are beneficial to improving anemia symptoms and supplementing the nutrients for hematopoietic function, so you should pay attention to their selection:

①. Foods rich in vitamin C: fresh fruits and green vegetables, such as sour jujube, apricot, hawthorn, bitter melon, green pepper, lettuce, green bamboo shoots, etc. Vitamin C participates in hematopoiesis and promotes iron absorption and utilization.

②. Foods rich in high-quality protein: such as eggs, milk, fish, lean meat, shrimp and beans.

③. Foods rich in copper: such as shrimp, oysters, jellyfish, fish, tomatoes, beans and nuts. The physiological function of copper is to participate in hematopoiesis.

④. Foods rich in iron: chicken liver, pork liver, beef and sheep kidneys, lean meat, egg yolks, kelp, black sesame, black fungus, soybeans, mushrooms, brown sugar, celery, etc. Iron is the main component of blood, and iron deficiency anemia is more common.

1. Etiological treatment: Iron supplementation alone can only restore blood counts but has no effect on the primary disease. The cause of iron deficiency should be eliminated as much as possible. The causes of iron deficiency anemia are as follows: unreasonable food structure, rapid growth and development, pregnancy, menorrhagia, chronic blood loss (such as hemorrhoids, gastric and duodenal ulcers, gastrointestinal tumors, long-term use of aspirin), etc.

2. Iron supplementation treatment:

(1) Oral iron preparations: Commonly used are ferrous sulfate, ferrous succinate, iron dextran, etc., which should be taken after meals.

(2) Injectable iron: used when the patient cannot take iron or has gastrointestinal reactions that cannot tolerate oral iron. When persistent iron loss cannot be controlled for a while, iron dextran injection can be used.

3. Red blood cell transfusion : Blood transfusion is generally not required. It is only used when the patient has severe anemia, uncontrollable bleeding, or obvious hypoxia of tissues and organs.