| Title |
The prevalence of anemia among schoolchildren in Šiauliai region of Lithuania / |
| Translation of Title |
Anemijos paplitimas tarp mokyklinio amžiaus vaikų Lietuvos Šiaulių krašte. |
| Authors |
Krivienė, Izolda ; Ragelienė, Lina |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Acta medica Lituanica. 2006, Vol. 13, no. 1, p. 56-59.. ISSN 1392-0138 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Anemia ; Iron deficiency ; Children ; Teenagers |
| Abstract [eng] |
Conclusions. Complete anamnesis and appearance of anemia symptoms is not enough to detect anemia; consequently, there is a need of blood test to perform. The presence of anemia-related symptoms is also very frequent among children without anemia. Prelatent or latent iron deficiency might be the reason, but capillary blood test is not enough to prove this. Further and more detailed tests are needed. Analysing the prevalence of anemia and anemia-related symptoms among schoolchildren, the highest prevalence was defined among teenage girls. Teenage girls belong to the iron deficiency anemia risk group, so we would strongly reccommend prophylactic measures to be applied: at least one anemia screening test during adolescence and an oral iron preparation for prophylaxis. |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2006 |
