About the hemoglobin in the blood must have heard everything. But what is it after all? What is its normal level and whether you want to raise, if the lab tests do not hold out? What threatens low hemoglobin? And you need is to bring the rate back to normal and feel better? Let's investigate.
Hemoglobin: what is it?
Thus, hemoglobin is called the coloring substance in the blood and which is part of the red blood cells (RBCs). This, if simple. And hemoglobin - is the iron-containing protein that binds reversibly with oxygen and ensures the delivery of oxygen to the tissue itself. And on the reverse "route" material delivers carbon dioxide.
Hemoglobin level: the norm and deviation
In general, the increase or decrease in the blood level of hemoglobin - is not a disease, but rather a consequence, one of the symptoms of any disease. A reason for the "jumps" that same level - weight: from simple malnutrition to the most serious health problems. As for the effects of lowering levels of hemoglobin, it threatens to anemia in addition to the underlying disease.
Check the level of hemoglobin helps complete blood count (since the last meal at the same time must be at least 12 hours). Indicators are not an individual feature, but they are, nevertheless, depend on the same sex, age and certain physiological state of the subject (eg, pregnancy women).
Excess N hemoglobin is rare, more often diagnosed with low levels of this substance in the blood. And then the question arises: what to do? Do I need to improve it? And if not, how?
How to increase hemoglobin levels?
The first thing you need to figure out the physician, the results of the patient samples with low levels of hemoglobin - the reason for downgrade. And to act in accordance with the received data.
Of course, treatment of diseases which are associated with serious disturbances in the blood-forming organs, as well as adjustment or hereditary chronic pathologies that cause blood deficiency of red blood cells - a job for experienced doctors, and designed the work on each individual patient separately. But if the deviation from the norm is small, it is possible to give some general tips to improve the level of hemoglobin.
First, blood tests will need to take on a regular basis (once a year - at least). Secondly, it is necessary to give up smoking and drinking. Third, fully fed, choosing their own diet foods that are high in protein and iron. The first lot of eggs, cottage cheese, cheese, fish and beef. The second contained in cereals (wheat, buckwheat, etc.) and fruit - persimmon, apricot.
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