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produced by | sohu health

author: ma aqin, department of clinical nutrition, shunyi women's and children's hospital

editor | liu jiabi

the clinical nutrition department of shunyi women and children's hospital recently received a young woman named ms. wang. she was diagnosed with severe anemia during a routine physical examination. her hemoglobin level was only 44 g/l, far below the normal adult standard of 120 g/l. ms. wang said that she had been almost completely dependent on vegetarian food as a daily diet, and even rarely ate eggs, because she felt uncomfortable when eating meat since she was a child.

ma aqin from the department of clinical nutrition at shunyi women and children's hospital said that many vegetarian foods are relatively lacking in iron and have low absorption efficiency. long-term dependence on vegetarianism may lead to iron deficiency anemia due to insufficient iron intake. to prevent iron deficiency anemia, it is recommended to give priority to animal foods; those who need to be vegetarians for a long time should consume more vegetarian foods rich in iron, such as mushrooms, fungus, kelp, sesame, spinach, and seaweed, and supplement iron. they can also seek help from professional nutritionists.

how to identify anemia?

the diagnosis of anemia mainly depends on the test results of hemoglobin (hb). according to the hb level, the degree of anemia can be roughly divided into the following four categories: