Iron and anemia

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Iron deficiency anemia is the most common type of anemia, reaching 50% of the population in some regions in the world. Blood is made up of plasma, platelets, and red and white blood cells. Hemoglobin, the iron source necessary for life, can be found in red blood cells. A single red blood cell has 300 million hemogloblin molecules, each of which retains four pairs of oxygen atoms. They take oxygen from the lungs and carry it to the tissues after traveling through the blood.

Red blood cells, whose average life period amounts to 80/120 days, are produced by the bone marrow. Every second, two million red blood cells die but they are substituted by new ones in the same amount and in the same period of time.

La anemia por deficiencia de hierro es la más común y en algunas regiones del mundo llega a estar presente en el 50% de la población. La sangre está constituida por plasma, plaquetas, glóbulos blancos y glóbulos rojos. En el interior de los glóbulos rojos se encuentra la hemoglobina, que es una proteína compleja. En su estructura el hierro ocupa el lugar principal con la función de transportar oxígeno. Un glóbulo rojo tiene 300 millones de moléculas de hemoglobina que retienen cuatro pares de átomos de oxígeno cada una. Toman el oxígeno de los pulmones para llevarlo a los tejidos luego de viajar por la sangre.

Los glóbulos rojos, que tienen un promedio de vida entre 80 a 120 días, son producidos por la médula de los huesos. Por
segundo mueren dos millones de glóbulos rojos, los que son producidos y sustituidos en el mismo tiempo y cantidad por otros nuevos.

Dexferrum generic name: iron dextran class: iron products
Ed Cyte F generic name: ferrous fumarate/folic acid class: iron products, vitamin and mineral combinations
Elemental Iron generic name: carbonyl iron class: iron products
Ezfe generic name: iron polysaccharide class: iron products
Fe Caps generic name: ferrous sulfate class: iron products
FE-40 generic name: ferrous gluconate class: iron products
Feosol Natural Release generic name: carbonyl iron class: iron products
Feosol Original generic name: ferrous sulfate class: iron products
Feostat generic name: ferrous fumarate class: iron products
Fer-Gen-Sol generic name: ferrous sulfate class: iron products
Fer-In-Sol generic name: ferrous sulfate class: iron products
Fer-Iron generic name: ferrous sulfate class: iron products
Feraheme generic name: ferumoxytol class: iron products
Feratab generic name: ferrous sulfate class: iron products
Ferate generic name: ferrous gluconate class: iron products
Fergon generic name: ferrous gluconate class: iron products
FeroSul generic name: ferrous sulfate class: iron products
Ferra T.D. Caps generic name: ferrous sulfate class: iron products
Ferra-Cap generic name: carbonyl iron class: iron products
Ferrex-150 generic name: iron polysaccharide class: iron products
Ferro-Bob generic name: ferrous sulfate class: iron products
Ferro-DSS generic name: docusate/ferrous fumarate class: iron products
Ferrocite generic name: ferrous fumarate class: iron products
Ferrocite F generic name: ferrous fumarate/folic acid class: iron products, vitamin and mineral combinations
Ferrousal generic name: ferrous sulfate class: iron products
Ferus Pic-150 generic name: iron polysaccharide class: iron products
Hematinic with Folic Acid generic name: ferrous fumarate folic acid class: iron products, vitamin and mineral combinations
Hemocyte generic name: ferrous fumarate class: iron products
Hemocyte-F generic name: ferrous fumarate folic acid class: iron products, vitamin and mineral combinations
Hytinic generic name: iron polysaccharide class: iron products
Icar generic name: carbonyl iron class: iron products
Iferex 150 generic name: iron polysaccharide class: iron products
Infed generic name: iron dextran class: iron products
Ircon generic name: ferrous fumarate class: iron products
Ircon-FA generic name: ferrous fumarate folic acid class: iron products, vitamin and mineral combinations
Iron Chews generic name: carbonyl iron class: iron products
Lydia E. Pinkham generic name: ferrous sulfate class: iron products
MyKidz Iron 10 generic name: ferrous sulfate class: iron products
Nephro-Fer generic name: ferrous fumarate class: iron products
Niferex generic name: iron polysaccharide class: iron products
Niferex Elixir generic: iron polysaccharide class: iron products
Nu-Iron generic name: iron polysaccharide class: iron products
Nu-Iron generic name: iron polysaccharide class: iron products
Poly Iron generic name: iron polysaccharide class: iron products
Polysaccharide Iron generic name: iron polysaccharide class: iron products
ProFe generic name: iron polysaccharide class: iron products
Proferrin-ES generic: heme iron polypeptide class: iron products
Slow Fe generic name: ferrous sulfate class: iron products
Slow Fe with Folic Acid generic name: ferrous sulfate folic acid class: iron products, vitamin and mineral combinations
Slow Release Iron generic name: ferrous sulfate class: iron products
Tandem generic name: ferrous fumarate iron polysaccharide class: iron products
Tandem F generic name: ferrous fumarate folic acid iron polysaccharide class: iron products
Venofer generic name: iron sucrose class: iron products