Most of the mothers are affected with iron deficiency anemia due to excessive loss of blood during giving birth, menstruation and other factors like miscarriage, bleeding from the stomach, or having cancer or parasite like hookworm. Menstrual bleeding and giving birth may reduce the iron stored in the body.

Human body needed minerals and vitamins to function properly. Therefore, body may not function properly and produces too small red blood cells if the iron it needed is lacking. This will result to anemia.

Thats why women need to take 15 milligrams of iron daily compare to men needed only 10 milligrams. Pregnant mothers needed more iron than the normal because both mother and fetus uses iron. Fetus needed iron for the development of its red blood cells and muscle.

Function of iron in the body

Iron are chief elements in making hemoglobin and red blood cells and plays important role in order the body will function properly. Iron is needed to help the red blood cells deliver oxygen through the whole body..

Body gets more iron from the food you eat if you have less iron stored. But if the body have already more iron stores its absorption will decrease. But other women who suffered crhon or celiac disease the inability of the small intestine to absorb iron from the food you eat is one of the reason why other women have an iron deficiency anemia.

Women who have an iron deficiency anemia feel weak and tired, swelling of the tongue, looks pale and irritable. But others cannot diagnose they have an iron deficiency, because they think it is normal to experience weak and be tired after a long hours of wok.

What women should do to avoid/ prevent anemia?

Women are advised to take vitamins that have iron to replace the iron loss during menstruation, giving birth or any situation than women losses more blood.

Eat nutritious foods like red meat, liver, raisins, spinach, broccoli, some fish, beans, dried fruit and egg yolks with adequate iron content so that body have a lot of iron to sustain its process. It is also recommended to eat cereals that are fortified with iron.

Consult a physician to have appropriate treatment to reduce or prevent the effect of anemia. Doctors can recognize the level of hemoglobin decrease and recommend right amount of iron to take. Too much iron can cause heart and liver damage. Iron deficiency anemia if not treat become worse.