Prevalence and significance of iron deficiency of anaemia among people of Mornag District of Nepal

Authors

  • Amar Kumar Sinha Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Nobel Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar
  • Biswajit Majumdar Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Nobel Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar
  • Shrawan Kumar Yadav Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, Nobel Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jonmc.v1i1.7286

Keywords:

Iron, Anaemia, Nepal

Abstract

Iron deficiency anaemia is one of the most dangerous and devastating causative form of malnutrition in developing countries, where special care should be taken from the health community to address the problem in South East Asian countries, 1.3-2.2 billion population is affected according to world health organization. Fifty percent of women and children and 60% of gross anemic women of developing nations have been adversely affected till date. The most common cause of iron deficiency anaemia is due to inadequate intake of iron in diet, physiologic demands of pregnancy and rapid growth and loss due to parasitic infections. Other prevalent causes of anaemia include malaria, chronic infections and nutritional deficiencies of vitamin A, folic acid and Vitamin b-12. The study reveals that 25.57 % of patients have been suffering from iron deficient anemia.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jonmc.v1i1.7286

Journal of Nobel Medical College Vol.1(1) 2011 40-44

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.
Abstract
1229
PDF
2095

Downloads

Published

2012-12-28

How to Cite

Sinha, A. K., Majumdar, B., & Yadav, S. K. (2012). Prevalence and significance of iron deficiency of anaemia among people of Mornag District of Nepal. Journal of Nobel Medical College, 1(1), 40–44. https://doi.org/10.3126/jonmc.v1i1.7286

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Original Articles

License

JoNMC applies the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license to works we publish. Under this license, authors retain ownership of the copyright for their content, but they allow anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute and/or copy the content as long as the original authors and source are cited.