How do we treat anaemia

Hey there! Today we will be discussing on the various treatments available for anaemia.

- Changes in dietary changes and supplements

Some type of anaemia can be caused due to low vitamin and iron content in the body. Some of the common vitamins that are essential include folic acid and vitamin B12 as well as vitamin C to help in the absorption of the iron in the body. However, having said all these we must always remember that we must take all these supplements in moderation and maintain a healthy balance diet because there is an adverse reaction when we consume excessive amounts of vitamin and iron.

The video below gives us some examples of natural remedies for anaemia especially if you strongly believe in recovering the natural way.

- Prescription of medication as directed by the doctor
Sometimes medication will be given to patients to help treat an underlying cause of anaemia or help increase blood count in patients. Such medications include:

• Antibiotics to fight infections that might be present in patients

• For women with heavy menstrual bleeding, hormones pills might be given to help regular healthy levels of hormones

• Man- made version of erythropoietins that helps to stimulate patient's body to produce more red blood cells. However, there are some risks involved in this treatment

• Medication to prevent the body's immune system from destroying its very own red blood cells

• Chelation therapy for patients with lead poisoning. This treatment is more commonly used on children as children with iron- deficiency anaemia have a higher risk of lead poisoning.

In cases when server anaemia cases, doctors might recommend that patients undergo medical treatment such as blood transfusion, bond and marrow stem cells treatment or even a surgery.

Blood transfusion: A safe, common medical treatment that provides blood that matches donor and patient's blood through a intravenous (IV) line into patient's blood vessels. This helps to ensure that patients would not have anaemia due to excessive loss of blood.

Bone and marrow stem cells treatment: This transplant is similar to blood transfusion because instead of donating blood, stem cells are are donated from donor to patient through a tube a tube placed in a vein in the chest. This treatment helps to replace faulty stems cells in the body with healthy stem cells from the donor. These stem cells are made in the bone marrow which develops red and white blood cells for the body. Thus, this ensures that there will be an healthy level of red blood cell count in anaemic patients.

Surgery: As mention, some anaemia can be caused due to excessive loss of blood in the body. For such cases where patients have stomach ulcer, colon cancer or any other disorder which causes excessive internal bleeding, doctors would encourage patients to go for a surgery to control and stop the bleeding. For cases where the patient's spleen destroys red blood cells at a high rate, doctors might advice that patients have their spleen removed to ensure that the red blood cells are not destroyed prematurely.

Hope this post gave you a better understanding of the current treatments for anaemia. Please keep a look-out for our next post and till then, have a good week!!!:)

-ANNEBIGAIL:)

References:

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/anemia/treatment