Causes, Symptoms and Treatment of Anemia

 Recommendations for anemia patients: get to know them

Some people suffer from anemia, and due to the importance of this topic, we offer recommendations for patients with anemia in this article. To help them overcome this situation and deal with it.

It is important for anemic patients to take into account some important matters regarding their diet and lifestyle, so we will learn in the following a set of recommendations for anemia patients:

Recommendations for general anemia patients

Here are a set of recommendations that you should follow if you suffer from anemia:

1. Follow the doctor's instructions regarding medications

When you suffer from anemia, you must follow the doctor's instructions and recommendations regarding the medications that you should take.

This means that it is important to take your medications at the correct times and not to stop treatment without consulting your doctor.

2. Take iron tablets

In some cases of anemia, especially iron deficiency anemia, the doctor prescribes iron tablets to patients.

If your doctor recommends that you take iron tablets, you should pay attention to the following:

• Try to take the pills on an empty stomach an hour before or two hours after meals if your doctor advises you to do so.
• Take iron tablets with food if you suffer from stomach disorders, but only after consulting a doctor.
• Do not take antacids or drink milk or caffeinated beverages at the same time or within 2 hours of taking iron.

It is worth noting that iron pills can cause stomach problems, such as:

• Heartburn
• Nausea.
• diarrhea.
• The color of the stool has changed to dark or green.

So make sure you drink plenty of fluids, and include fruits, vegetables, and dietary fiber in your diet every day.

3. Get enough sleep

One of the important things that fall within the list of recommendations for patients with anemia is the issue of getting enough sleep.

It is also important not to get up quickly from a lying or sitting position, as this may cause you to feel dizzy.

4. Doing physical activity

It is important that you do sports and physical activity, as this may benefit you and your health.

Focus on doing light sports activities daily, such as: walking, while avoiding strenuous or vigorous exercise.

5. Protect the body from injuries

Anemic patients are prone to bleeding and bruising, which means that it is important to protect yourself well if you are anemic, and to be careful not to fall or bump into anything.

General dietary recommendations for anemic patients

It is also possible to control some types of anemia by following general dietary recommendations for anemic patients, as foods are divided into the anemic diet as follows:

1. Healthy foods for anemic patients

Try to focus on eating a diet rich in iron, vitamin B12, folic acid and vitamin C, as this will help your body absorb the iron.

Among these things, we mention the following:

Cooking vegetables by boiling method, to preserve the iron in it.

Eat more vegetables and fruits rich in iron, such as:

• Watercress.
• broccoli
• spinach.
• cabbage.
• Red and yellow pepper.
• cantaloupe
• Focus on eating nuts and seeds, such as:
• pumpkin seeds.
• cashews.
• pistachio.
• pine.
• sunflower seed.
• Eat meat and fish, such as:
• beef.
• sheep meat.
• liver.
• oysters.
• shrimp.
• Sardines.
• salmon.

Do not forget to eat foods rich in vitamin C, which helps in enhancing the absorption of iron, especially if you suffer from iron deficiency anemia.

2. Foods you should avoid

Some foods can interfere with the process of absorbing iron in the body, which may pose a danger to people with iron deficiency anemia, so these foods should be included in a list of recommendations for anemia patients to refrain from these foods, and among these foods we mention the following :

• Sources of caffeine, including: tea and coffee etc.
• Whole wheat grain.
• Some milk and dairy products.
• Foods that contain tannins, such as grapes and corn.
• Gluten-rich foods, such as: pasta, and other products made from wheat or barley.
• Foods that contain phytic acid, such as brown rice and whole wheat products.
• Foods that have oxalic acid, including: peanuts, parsley, and chocolate etc.

When should you consult a doctor?

Sometimes, despite following the aforementioned recommendations for anemia patients, the patient’s condition may worsen, so it is important to consult a doctor in these cases: 

• You are experiencing shortness of breath or you are experiencing it again.
• You feel dizzy and dizzy.
• Feeling tired and general weakness with a decline in your health.
• You suffer from nosebleeds, abnormal vaginal bleeding, or blood in your stool.
• Change the color of urine to pink.

It is necessary to note the importance of consulting a doctor before taking iron pills and not taking them without consulting a doctor, to avoid side effects and complications that may occur. 

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Anemia when Neymar

Will anemia affect Neymar's performance in the World Cup games, or will he lead his country to win the cup? Either way, Neymar may be suffering from anemia, but he does not lack talent and stardom at all.

Good health and playing football are two sides of the same coin. The professional soccer player does everything he can to maintain his health so that he can continue playing professional soccer. The relationship between body health and outstanding performance takes on a stronger character when we talk, for example, about Portuguese player Cristiano Ronaldo. Where we see how the player maintains his health and develops his body to perform fantastically season after season.

But sometimes the wind blows what the ships do not desire. This is what happened to the talented Brazilian Neymar da Silva Santos Junior, who was diagnosed at the beginning of last season with anemia!

Neymar joined Barcelona on May 28, 2013, and at that time signed a five-year contract for 57 million euros, while he had received several offers from Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.

What is anemia that Neymar suffers from?

Anemia, which is known as anemia, is a medical condition characterized by the insufficient amount of red blood cells in the body to transport an adequate amount of oxygen to the tissues. And a person who suffers from anemia is likely to feel tired at times.

There are some different kinds of anemia, and each kind has its own causes. Anemia may be a temporary condition or an ongoing medical condition, and may range from mild to severe.

The symptoms of anemia vary and differ, depending on the cause, and symptoms include:

• Tired
• pale skin
• Rapid and irregular heartbeat
• hard breathing
• chest pains
• dizziness;
• Changes in cognitive status
• Cold hands and feet
• Headache

Anemia in its beginnings may be very mild and imperceptible, but the symptoms get worse as the disease worsens, and anemia treatments vary and differ according to the cause of the anemia.

It remains to be seen if this will affect Neymar's performance in the World Cup games, or will he lead his country to win the cup? Either way, Neymar may be suffering from anemia, but he does not lack talent and stardom.