Commentary - (2024) Volume 13, Issue 5
Received: 01-Dec-2021 Published: 22-Dec-2021 , DOI: 10.4172/2376-1318.2024.13.196
Iron deficiency anemia is the most now no longer unusual place type of anemia, and it takes vicinity even as your body doesn’t have enough of the mineral iron. Your body goals iron to make hemoglobin. When there isn’t enough iron in your blood stream, the rest of your body can’t get the amount of oxygen it goals. When you are pregnant, you could increase anemia. When you've got anemia, your blood would not have sufficient wholesome crimson blood cells to hold oxygen in your tissues and in your baby. During pregnancy, your frame produces extra blood to help the boom of your baby. If you are now no longer getting sufficient iron or sure different nutrients, your frame won't be capable of produce the quantity of crimson blood cells it desires to make this extra blood. It's regular to have moderate anemia whilst you are pregnant. But you could have extra intense anemia from low iron or nutrition stages or from different reasons. Anemia can depart you feeling worn-out and weak. If it's miles intense however is going untreated, it could growth your chance of great headaches like preterm delivery [1].
Several types of anemia can develop during pregnancy. These include:
•Iron-deficiency anemia
•Folate-deficiency anemia
•Vitamin B12 deficiency
Iron-deficiency anemia: This kind of anemia happens while the frame does not have sufficient iron to provide good enough quantities of hemoglobin. That's a protein in purple blood cells. It contains oxygen from the lungs to the relaxation of the frame. In iron-deficiency anemia, the blood can't convey sufficient oxygen to tissues all through the frame. Iron deficiency is the maximum not unusualplace motive of anemia in pregnancy.
Folate-deficiency anemia: Folate is the vitamin found naturally in certain foods like green leafy vegetables A type of B vitamin, the body needs folate to produce new cells, including healthy red blood cells. uring pregnancy, women need extra folate. But sometimes they don't get enough from their diet. When that happens, the body can't make enough normal red blood cells to transport oxygen to tissues throughout the body. Man made supplements of folate are called folic acid.
Folate deficiency can directly contribute to certain types of birth defects, such as neural tube abnormalities (spina bifida) and low birth weight [2].
Vitamin B12 deficiency: The body needs vitamin B12 to form healthy red blood cells. When a pregnant woman doesn't get enough vitamin B12 from their diet, their body can't produce enough healthy red blood cells. Women who don't eat meat, poultry, dairy products, and eggs have a greater risk of developing vitamin B12 deficiency, which may contribute to birth defects, such as neural tube abnormalities, and could lead to preterm labor [3].
Blood loss during and after delivery can also cause anemia.
The most common symptoms of anemia during pregnancy are:
•Pale skin, lips, and nails
•Feeling tired or weak
•Dizziness
•Shortness of breath
•Rapid heartbeat
•Trouble concentrating
In the early stages of anemia, you may not have obvious symptoms. And many of the symptoms are ones that you might have while pregnant even if you're not anemic. So be sure to get routine blood tests to check for anemia at your prenatal appointments [4].
Severe or untreated iron-deficiency anemia during pregnancy can increase your risk of having:
•A preterm or low-birth-weight baby
•A blood transfusion (if you lose a significant amount of blood during delivery)
•Postpartum depression
•A baby with anemia
•A child with developmental delays
Untreated folate deficiency can increase your risk of having a:
•Preterm or low-birth-weight baby
•Baby with a serious birth defect of the spine or brain (neural tube defects)
•Untreated vitamin B12 deficiency can also raise your risk of having a baby with neural tube defects [5].
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