What is Iron Deficiency?
Iron deficiency is one of the most common nutritional deficiencies and the leading cause of anaemia globally.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) around two billion people suffer from iron deficiency or iron deficiency anaemia¹.
Recent research has shown that 1 in 3 women and 39% of all adults over the age of 55 are iron deficient.
Some symptoms are mental fatigue, higher susceptibility to infections and hair loss; low iron levels can ultimately even lead to depression or for pregnant women to complications at birth.
Clinical studies have shown that timely treatment of iron deficiency with and without anaemia can restore personal health and as a result raise the productivity of affected individuals.
MonoFer® is used for treating iron deficiency with and without anaemia when oral iron preparations are ineffective or cannot be used or when there is a need to deliver iron rapidly.
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Risk factors for Iron Deficiency
Do you know?
1 in 3 women are iron deficient
Nearly 3 in 4 of all pregnant women are iron deficient in the 3rd trimester
Every woman has ~3,000mg of ir on in her body and each pregnancy requires ~1,000mg. Oral iron and nutrition al one aren’t always sufficient t o replete the iron deficit.
Nearly 3 in 4 of all pregnant women are iron deficient in the 3rd trimester
Symptoms of Iron Deficiency
Serum Ferritin (ng/ml)
References:
1) http://www.who.int/nut/documents/ida_assessment_prevention_control.pdf, accessed 27 July 2004. 2) Camaschella. N Engl J Med. 2015;372:1832-43.
3) Yeo et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2014;16:1125–32. 4) Fonseca et al. Int Med J. 2016; 46(4): 470. 5) Bruinvels et al. NATA (2016). 6) Anker et al. New Engl J Med. 2009; 361: 2436-2448. 7) Van Wyck et al. Transf. 2009;49(12):2719-28. 8) Munoz et al. J of Blood Transf. 2017;15:422-437. 9) Abeysiri et al. NATA. 2018, Poster 49.
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