In the modern world, the lack of iron in the human body - a common phenomenon, and iron deficiency anemia - one of the most common diseases in infants. This is indicated by such symptoms as:
- a feeling of endless fatigue,
- decreased emotionality,
- constant apathy, indifference to everything,
- unwillingness to eat,
- dyspnea,
- decreased muscle tone,
- tachycardia,
- stomatitis,
- endless colds,
- decreases resistance to infections,
- disorders of the alimentary canal.
If you find at least some of the above symptoms, immediately consult a therapist. And the very first thing you need to do is donate blood for analysis.
Different ways to raise the level of hemoglobin.
Based on the results of the analysis you will be prescribed treatment. If the hemoglobin level is low, then it is increased by medication - taking medications. With a slight decrease in hemoglobin, balanced nutrition and a healthy lifestyle will help you. A complex of physical exercises, frequent outdoor activities, including long walks, all kinds of outdoor activities, as well as folk methods of treatment will be your reliable helpers in the process of raising hemoglobin.
Balanced diet.
In order for hemoglobin to be normal, iron-rich foods are needed: by-products, meat, eggs, and fruits and vegetables containing elements that participate in the blood-forming (manganese, cobalt, copper). These include carrots, beets, tomatoes, cauliflower, apples, pears, dried apricots, prunes.
Among meat products, give preference to low-fat veal, beef, chicken breasts, turkey or rabbit. Do not neglect the dishes from the liver. Include in your diet soya beans and foods based on them, as well as peas, rice, buckwheat. The real source of iron is the greens: dill, parsley, lettuce, spinach, celery, basil. The best iron is absorbed from animal protein, especially from veal. Keep in mind that only a small part of the iron is absorbed from the plant products.
Freshly squeezed juices from apples, peaches, apricots, oranges improve the absorption of iron from food, protecting against anemia. With the beginning signs of anemia advise to eat for breakfast grated carrots, which must be filled with any vegetable oil or sour cream.
Healthy lifestyle.
To saturate the body with oxygen, be sure to ventilate the rooms, try to be out in the fresh air more often, do not forget about physical exertion. Increase hemoglobin will help vitamin B12 (processed extract from the liver). After intramuscular injection of B12, hemoglobin will quickly rise to normal, and also resume the vitamin content in the body.
Folk methods.
A reliable assistant in raising the level of hemoglobin are the recipes of traditional medicine with the use of medicinal herbs.
- Clear weather.
Among folk remedies to raise hemoglobin, a grass cleanser will help. To prepare the infusion, take a tablespoon of chopped herb clearing and pour a glass of boiling water. Infusion should be drunk 30 minutes before meals, and if after meals, then two hours, three times a day.
- Hemlock.
The next remedy is a tincture of a hemlock with a speckled. For cooking, you need to take two pieces of chopped leaves and hemlock seeds, pour four parts of 90% alcohol. Tightly close the dishes with tincture, put for a week in a dry and cool place. It is enough to use 2 drops of tincture five times a day.
- Stinging nettle, birch leaves.
To raise the level of hemoglobin, there is a medicinal collection of nettles and birch leaves. It is necessary to mix 1 part of birch leaves and 1 part of leaves of dioecious nettle. Two spoons of the mixture pour two cups of boiling water, strain through an hour, and add 1/3 glass of beet juice. Take it before meals for 20 minutes, 4 times during the day for eight weeks.
- There are many recipes using different foods.
Take 1 glass of peeled walnuts and 1 cup of raw buckwheat, chop the meat grinder or in a coffee grinder. Take 1-2 spoon every day.
The second recipe for buckwheat with the addition of kefir. You will need a glass of raw buckwheat and a glass of yogurt. Buckwheat washed well, pour kefir and insist 12 hours. You can eat from time to time, at will.
Grind raisins, nuts, dried apricots and mix with honey. You need to eat several tablespoons daily. By this means you not only can raise the level of hemoglobin, but also supplement the body with other minerals and vitamins.
Another option means - dried apricots, prunes, nuts, raisins, lemon, honey. All components are crushed and mixed, add the juice of aloe. Use it, just like a dessert.
So, a blood test showed that you have iron deficiency anemia. Now, the main thing - to plan the right treatment - ways to increase hemoglobin. And here an invaluable help will be given to you by a specialist doctor. As already noted, with a slight decrease in hemoglobin, you can cope without medications, using folk remedies and leading a healthy lifestyle. But if your hemoglobin level is very low, then you need to undergo a course of treatment, supplementing it with recipes of traditional medicine. If, after all your efforts, hemoglobin remains at the same level, go for a deeper medical examination. It is especially necessary to monitor the level of hemoglobin in pregnant women. Without a doctor's advice, you can not use any folk remedies or medications.