IRON SUPPLEMENTS AND ANEMIA

IRON IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MINERALS IN THE BODY AND ITS MAIN FUNCTION IS TO PRODUCE THE RED BLOOD CELL WHICH CARRY OXYGEN TO THE DIFFERENT ORGANS AND TO THE DIFFERENT  TISSUES THROUGHOUT THE BODY.

IRON HELPS THE CELLS TO PRODUCE THE ENERGY. BODY CAN NOT MAKE ENOUGH RED BLOOD CELLS IF THE IRON STORES ARE TOO LOW AND IT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE OXYGEN CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE RED BLOOD CELLS. A CONDITION WHEN THE MINERAL IRON IS TOO LOW IN THE BODY IS CALLED ANEMIA

 IF YOUR IRON STORES ARE TOO LOW TO MEET YOUR DAILY NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR BODY THEN YOUR DOCTOR POSSIBLY WILL RECOMMEND YOU THE IRON SUPPLEMENTS.

 IRON SUPPLEMENTS ARE MOSTLY AVAIABLE IN THE FORM OF TABLETS BUT SOME LIQUID PREPARATIONS ARE THEREA AS WELL IN THE STORES

DIFFERENT TYPES OF IRON IS PRESENT IN DIFFERENT SUPPLENTS INCLUDING

FERROUS SULPHATE

FERROUS GLUCONATE

FERRIC CITRATE AND

FERRIC SULPHATE

 

IRON SUPPLEMTS HAVING FERROUS SALTS ARE THE BEST ABSORBED IN THE HUMAN BODY

 

ALWAYS SPEAK TO YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST BEFORE TAKING THE SUPPLEMENTS

WHEN THE PERSONS ARE TOO WEAK OR SICK AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO TAKE THE ORAL IRON SUPPLENTS OR THERE IS A PROBLEM IN THE ABSORPTION OF IRON IN THE INTESTINE, IN SUCH CONDITIONS DOCTORS GIVE THE INTRAVENOUS IRON SUPPLEMENTS SUCH AS IRON DEXTRAN

 

SIDE EFFECTS: TAKING THE RECOMMENDED DOSAGE OF IRON SUPPLENTS IS UNLIKELY TO CAUSE ANY SIDE EFFECTS BUT THERE ARE EXAMPLES WHEN THE PEOPLE CAN FEEL THE FOLLOWINF SIDE EFFECTS

DIARRHEA

CONSTIPATION

VOMITTING

NAUSEA

FLATULENCE

 

IN MOST OF THE CASES AS THE BODY GETS ADJUSTED TO THESE SUPPLEMENTS THESE SIDE EFFECTS WILL GO AWAY AUTOMATICALLY BUT IF THESE SIDE EFFECTS PERSIST FOR A LONGER TIME, THEN PLEASE TALK TO YOUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL ABOUT IT

 

ONCE YOUR TOO LOW STORES OF IRON ARE BUILD UP THEN SWITCHING TO THE IRON RICH DIET (YOU CAN GO TO THE IRON RICH DIET ALONG WITH YOUR IRON SUPPLEMENTS AS WELL IF NEEDED) IS RECOMMENDED.

KEEP ONE THING IN MIND THAT VITAMIN C HELPS IN THE ABSORPTION OF PLANT BASE NON-HEME IRON, PLEASE TAKE THE FOODS RICH IN VITAMIN C WHEN YOU ARE TAKING THE IRON RICH FOODS FROM PLANT DIET OR SUPPLEMENTS.

 

CERTAIN FOODS CAN PREVENT THE ABSORPTION OF IRON SUCH AS

TEA, COFFEE, SPINACH

DAIRY PRODUCTS

FOODS THAT CONTAIN TANNINS LIKE GRAPES, CORN, SORGAM

FOODS RICH IN PHYTIC ACID LIKE WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, BROWN RICE

CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTS CAN ALSO REDUCE THE ABSORPTION OF IRON

 

ALWAYS TRY TO TAKE THESE ABOVE-MENTIONED FOODS AT AN INTERVAL OF ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE AND AN HOUR AFTER TAKING THE IRON SUPPLEMENTS SO THAT THE IRON ABSORPTIOON IS NOT IMPAIRED IN THE INTESTINE