Fast track Anaemia clinic
Anaemia is reduction of hemoglobin (HB) in the body. Normal Hb for women is 12-14g/dl and for men 13-15g/dl.
SYMPTOMS:
Reduced Hb means easy tiredness, weakness, and headache, shortness of breath on minimal exertion, lack of concentration, pigmented skin and hair loss
DISEASE BURDEN:
The Global Nutrition Report 2017 was presented at Milan in Italy recently and it emphasizes on the urgent need to integrate our actions on global nutrition if Indiahopes to meet its Sustainable Development Goals of Agenda 2030.
According to the data revealed by the report, India is facing a serious threat of under-nutrition where more than half of the women of reproductive age suffer from anemia.
51 per cent of the women of reproductive age suffer from anemia, majority being iron deficiency anaemia
DISEASE BURDEN:
There can many causes of blood loss like poor nutrition, blood loss or malabsorption. It is important to find the cause of anaemia before treatment
TREATMENT
My aim is to reduce to burden of anaemia in the community by a rapid diagnostic and treatment approach of anaemia.
Our aim is to avoid unnecessary blood transfusions, provide rapid screening, investigations and treatment to correct the anaemia as soon as possible.