Because of insufficient intake of iron in the body, various bleeding, an infectious disease or chronic kidney failure, anemia develops. This pathological condition can not be eliminated with a diet with an elevated iron content. Of all food products it is absorbed no more than 2 mg per day. How to treat iron deficiency and other types of anemia, so that iron is supplied to the body in sufficient quantity?
How to treat anemia with drugs?
Normochromic anemia should be treated with such medications as:
- Ferroplex;
- Sorbifer;
- Maltofer;
- Durules.
These are preparations of ferric and ferric iron. They should be taken in combination with ascorbic acid, as it improves their absorption and absorption. After the iron content in the blood increases and the hemoglobin level rises, these medications do not stop taking, but the therapeutic dose is reduced to the maintenance dose.
In the hospital, anemia is treated as a drug, which must be taken in the form of tablets, or medicines for parenteral administration. Injections can be done with the following medicines:
- Venofer;
- Argeferr;
- Maltofer;
- Cosmofer;
- Likferr.
For chronic anemia, you must also take Vitamin B12, E and folic acid. They increase erythrocyte maturation and stimulate erythropoiesis and globin synthesis.
Before treating anemia of kidney origin with iron preparations, it is necessary to undergo a course of therapy with erythropoietin. This will increase the content of hemoglobin in erythrocytes. For this you need to take:
- Eralfon;
- Epokrin;
- Vero-epoitin;
- Recomon.
How to treat anemia with folk remedies?
You can treat anemia at home with medication or with medicinal herbs. Improves the composition of blood and has a general strengthening effect of garlic tincture.
Recipe for tincture of garlic
Ingredients:
- garlic - 300 g;
- alcohol - 1 liter.
Preparation and use
Peel and wash the garlic well. Pour it with alcohol. After 3 weeks tincture can be taken thrice a day for 5 ml.
The recipe of a dog rose
Ingredients:
- rose hips - 100 g;
- water - 1 liter.
Preparation and use
Grind the hips and pour them with boiling water. Boil for 10 minutes and leave to infuse. After 12 hours strain the infusion and drink as tea throughout the day. To improve its taste, you can add a little honey to it.