{"id":47040,"date":"2025-04-27T15:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T10:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=47040"},"modified":"2025-05-23T15:56:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T10:26:45","slug":"anaemia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/anaemia\/","title":{"rendered":"Anaemia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Anaemia Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>According to a recent study conducted on women in the UK, being anaemic during pregnancy could be linked to a 47 percent higher chance of the child having a heart condition at birth.<\/p>\n<h2>About Anaemia<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Anemia is a problem of\u00a0<strong>not having enough healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin<\/strong>\u00a0to carry oxygen to the body&#8217;s tissues.\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hemoglobin\u00a0<\/strong>is a protein\u00a0<strong>found in red cells\u00a0<\/strong>that\u00a0<strong>carries oxygen from the lungs to all other organs\u00a0<\/strong>in the body.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Having anemia can\u00a0<strong>cause tiredness, weakness, and shortness of breath.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There are\u00a0<strong>many forms\u00a0<\/strong>of anemia.<strong>\u00a0Each has its own cause.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Some types\u00a0<\/strong>of anemia\u00a0<strong>are inherited,<\/strong>\u00a0but\u00a0<strong>people may also acquire<\/strong>\u00a0or develop the condition\u00a0<strong>during their lifetimes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>WHO estimates\u00a0<\/strong>that\u00a0<strong>40% of children 6\u201359 months<\/strong>\u00a0of age,\u00a0<strong>37% of pregnant women<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>30% of women 15\u201349 years<\/strong>\u00a0of age worldwide\u00a0<strong>are anaemic.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Anemia can be\u00a0<strong>short-term or long-term<\/strong>. It can range from\u00a0<strong>mild to severe.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Severe anemia can be life-threatening<\/strong>. This condition\u00a0<strong>may also be a symptom of serious conditions like cancer.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0<strong>common type\u00a0<\/strong>of anaemia\u00a0<strong>is iron-deficiency anaemia<\/strong>, which is usually caused by not eating or absorbing enough iron, or by losing blood.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Treatments\u00a0<\/strong>for anemia might involve<strong>\u00a0taking supplements<\/strong>\u00a0or having\u00a0<strong>medical procedures.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Eating a healthy diet<\/strong>\u00a0might prevent some forms of anemia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Anaemia FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is the main reason for anaemia?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The main reason for anaemia is a lack of healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. Is anemia life threatening?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Yes, severe or untreated anemia can be life-threatening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is the main role of hemoglobin in the body?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Carry oxygen from the lungs to other organs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/health\/health-pregnancy-anaemia-heart-defects-baby-risk-oxford-study-2025-125042401416_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anaemia is a problem of not having enough healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the body&#8217;s tissues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":47020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[372,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-47040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-anaemia","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}