Anemia menstruation

Measure the treatment success for the various menstruation-related disorders by the degree to which the care plan (1) relieves or reverses symptoms of the disorder, (2) prevents or reverses the complications of the disorder (e.g., osteoporosis, anemia, and infertility), and (3) minimizes side effects. The return of a regular menstrual cycle with minimal premenstrual symptoms or symptoms of dysmenorrhea should occur. Depending on the desire for conception and subsequent therapy, this cycle may be ovulatory or anovulatory. 

Angelica polymorpha Max. A. sinensis (Oliv.) Diels Dan Gui (root) Vitamin 12, vitamin E, ferulic acid, succinic acid, nicotinic acid, uracil, adenine, butylidenephalide, ligustilide, folinic acid, biotin, polysaccharide33 Treat irregular menstruation, anemia, thrombophlebitis, neuralgia, arthritis, chronic nephritis, constrictive aortitis, skin disease such as eczematous dermatitis. 

A healthy adult human body contains around 3 g of iron, mosdy as hemoglobin. Around 1 mg is lost daily (in sweat, feces, and hair) and women lose about 20 mg during menstruation, so iron must be ingested daily to maintain the balance. Iron deficiency, or anemia, results in reduced transport of oxygen to the brain and muscles, and an early symptom is chronic tiredness. 

Dong quai has been used in the treatment of dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, metorrhagia, menopausal syndromes, anemia, abdominal pain, injuries, migraine headaches, and arthritis. It is believed to ensure healthy pregnancies and easy deliveries. In the U.S., dong quai is recommended primarily to alleviate problems associated with menstruation and menopause. 

The most common cause of iron deficiency in adults is blood loss. Menstruating women lose about 30 mg of iron with each menstrual period women with heavy menstrual bleeding may lose much more. Thus, many premenopausal women have low iron stores or even iron deficiency. In men and postmenopausal women, the most common site of blood loss is the gastrointestinal tract. Patients with unexplained iron deficiency anemia should be evaluated for occult gastrointestinal bleeding. 

Iron is stored in intestinal mucosal cells as ferritin (an iron/protein complex) until needed by the body. Iron deficiency results from acute or chronic blood loss, from insufficient intake during periods of accelerated growth in children, or in heavily menstruating or pregnant women. Therefore it essentially results from a negative iron balance due to depletion of iron stores and inadequate intake, culminating in hypochromic microcytic anemia. Supplementation with ferrous sulfate is required to correct the deficiency. Gastrointestinal disturbances caused by local irritation are the most common adverse effects caused by iron supplements. 

As mentioned earlier, blood losses from menstruation can result in iron deficiency and anemia. Other sources of blood loss arc important as well. The normal rate of blood loss in the feces is 0,5 to 1.0 ml/day. intestinal blood losses can increase in certain cancers. About 60% of the cancers of the colon and rectum lead to further blood losses of 2 to 10 ml/day. The fecal blood test is universally used to screen for the presence of cancer of the gastrointestinal tract- In the absence of periodic testing, cancer may first present as iron deficiency anemia. Duodenal and gastric ulcers, as well as hemorrhoids, arc extremely common sources of blood loss and can result in iron depletion. Aspirin, when consumed in large amounts, can provoke bleeding of the gastrointestinal tract, resulting In blood losses of 1 to 5 ml/day. 

The fibrinolytic activity of menstrual blood in wearers of Lippes loops exceeds that of patients with menorrhagia, while the values in users of the Cu-T (200) are in the same range as in normally menstruating and untreated women. In users of Lippes loops no fibrin was found in the endometrial stroma. This may explain the increased blood loss associated with the use of the Lippes loop, which can be severe enough to cause anemia (31). 

Oral contraceptives have major benefits related to menstruation, including more regular menstruation, reduced menstrual blood loss and less iron-deficiency anemia, and decreased frequency of dysmenorrhea. There also is a decreased incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancies, and endometriosis may be amehorated. 

The iron lost by adult males f ) (approximately 1 mg/day) by desquamation of the skin and in bile, feces, urine, and sweat is replaced by iron absorbed from the diet. Men are not as likely to suffer from iron deficiencies as premenopausal adult women, who also lose iron during menstruation and who must supply iron to meet the needs of the growing fetus during a pregnancy. If a man eating a Western diet has iron-deficiency anemia, his physician should suspect bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract due to ulcers or colon cancer. 

Many adolescent girls select a poor diet, to indulge the whims of a freakish appetite or to maintain ill- advised reduction regimens, with resultant anemia. Thus, it is necessary continually to emphasize to them that there is an accelerated demand for iron to satisfy their still-increasing blood volume as well as to compensate for losses through menstruation. 

The dried root of Angelica sinensis is used to activate blood circulation, regulate menstruation, relieve pain, and treat anemia, menstrual disorders, rheumatic arthralgia, and traumatic injuries. 

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