Anemia presents with symptoms such as General weakness, tiredness may be accompanied by fainting or dizziness, shortness of breath or pale skin.
The pallor can even appear on the nails under the skin, on the palms, on the gums. vitamin B deficiency 12]
Other symptoms of anemia include insomnia, headache, loss of appetite, irregular heartbeat, difficulty concentrating.
In malignant anemia there is a feeling that the tongue is smooth, problems with movement or balance, depression or memory loss, tingling in the extremities.
Beware in the case of malignant anemia there is a chance to cause damage to spinal cord.
Ο iron in dietary supplements in many cases if you use without expert advice can cause many serious health problems from iron poisoning which can be life threatening, causing epileptic seizures, diarrhea, vomiting, lethargy, jaundice and fever.
Our erythrocytes only live around 120 days, if they lack oxygen it means that they have to be constantly replaced. Iron carries oxygen to the blood.
Causes of Anemia
Anemia occurs when we have some blood loss like in the digestive tract ulcer , hemorrhoids, in alcoholism, in women menstruation iron deficiency anemia. Oι megaloblastic anemias usually from folic acid deficiency , hemolytic anemia deficiency folic acid and vitamin B12, Mediterranean anemia, thalassemia, sickle cell disease.
Some medicines for his disease crohn such as sulfasalazine used for ulcerative colitis are responsible for the metabolism of folic acid. Both of these belong to IBD. That is, idiopathic inflammatory diseases of the intestine. Malignant anemia is a rare case of insufficiency vitamin B12 because the stomach does not produce a substance to synthesize it helping it to be absorbed in the small intestine. This anemia is rare and usually affects older people.
After consulting your doctor and doing tests then you will be able to have a diagnosis in which category you belong.
In conventional medicine, depending on the deficiency, they usually give iron gluconate and not sulfate, vitamin B12 many times injectable, folic acid, diet change. In rare cases when there is a large blood loss, the only solution is surgery.
In hemolytic anemia in many cases the spleen needs to be removed and in thalassemia life-saving blood transfusions may be needed.
alternative cure
Nutrition and especially the combination of foods are important
For example, in order to absorb iron from foods that contain high percentages, alkalization is needed. That is, eating spinach definitely needs a lemon or orange. Lentils that we know also have a lot of iron but most have the liver.
H green salad and lemon not vinegar and feta or other dairy destroy iron. You can eat your dairy after at least 4 hours.
All citrus fruits have a lot of vitamins C which convert iron from trivalent to divalent for better absorption. Complex of B vitamins, copper and folic acid. Chlorella. Not in foods that contain yeast.
In Chinese medicine in addition to acupuncture we use Asian Panax ginseng for toning and feeling tired - angelica sinensis It is usually a female herb and helps on days when they lose a lot of blood, for anemic people with pale skin and in many combinations with Rhemannia depending on the condition.
Rhemannia glutinosa - Astragalus membranaceus
Aweak with white skin the combination panax with astragalus helps the most in their case.
PHYTOTHERAPY
Η Urtica dioica The well-known nettle contains large amounts of iron.
Η spirulina known to all freshwater algae, the Gentian lutea the gentian
also for anemia. The Taraxacum ofcinalis contains many vitamins.Arctium Lappa for blood detoxification.
The parsley that is not missing from any house, make together a juice with beetroot leaves and a fresh lemon juice.
GEMMOTHERAPY MG
Hazelnut corylus= It acts on the bone marrow, increases red blood cells and as a result in iron deficiency anemia caused by blood loss.
Tamarix galliga has about the same properties as the acorns plus it helps absorb iron and decongests the spleen and detoxifies the lymphatic system.
For chronic anemia these two together combine perfectly.
HOMEOPATHY
Ferrum matallicum - natrum mur -Ferrum phosphoricum - calcarea phosphotica -ferrum met
