Anemia in pregnancy: symptoms
Symptoms of anemia in pregnant women are muscularweakness, fainting, dizziness, drowsiness, dryness and pallor of the skin, yellow color of the skin under the nose, hair loss, urinary incontinence and pain during urination, perversion of taste predilections. Most women with anemia in pregnancy have early toxicosis, gestosis, menace interruption, placental abruption, hypotension, fetoplacental insufficiency. Premature birth and weakness of labor, bleeding in the postpartum period are possible. Iron deficiency anemia is the cause of malformations and delayed fetal development.Anemia in pregnancy: treatment
For the treatment and prevention of anemia withpregnancy must comply with the correct diet. It is recommended to eat foods rich in iron: meat, egg yolks, what, offal, almonds, apricots, spinach. there must be fresh greens and honey. In the first trimester of pregnancy, you should consume at least 70 grams of protein, 80 grams of fat and 400 grams of carbohydrates with a total energy value of not more than 2,800 kcal per day. In the second half of pregnancy the amount of proteins and fats should be increased. Doctors prescribe to pregnant women with iron deficiency anemia iron preparations, as well as ascorbic, succinic, folic acid, fructose, cysteine. Preventing anemia in pregnancy should be started at the planning stage, 3 months, since only during this time the level of hemoglobin and red blood cells in the blood is completely normalized.