Ever Wondered What Anaemia Is? Read this and find out…

Anaemia is when your haemoglobin levels are lower than normal. Haemoglobin a protein found in red blood cells. It carries oxygen around your body.

  • What happens when you have Anaemia?
  • What causes Anaemia?
  • What should you do if you think you are anaemic?
  • What can you do if you are diagnosed with anaemia?

What happens when you have Anaemia?
Symptoms of anaemia include feeling very tired and fatigued. People with anaemia often look slightly pale and have brittle nails. They can feel short of breath and their heartbeats faster than usual. In some cases symptoms can extend to feeling itchy and experience some hair loss.

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Alopecia: Hair Loss Revealed

The medical term for hair loss is Alopecia.  Studies have found up to 60% of us are affected by hair loss. Often, we don’t think of hair loss as a medical condition because in most cases it is temporary and can be slowed down.  However there are many different types of hair loss.

Patterned hair loss, also known as androgenic alopecia.

This is when baldness follows a pattern. Starting with a receding hairline, then hair starts to fall out further along the head to the crown. For females pattern baldness usually only thins hair on the top of the head. In men, androgenic alopecia is hereditary. But it is not clear this is the case for females.

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Do You Drink Enough Water?

Do you drink enough water? The chances are you don’t.

We each need 8 to 10 glasses of water every day depending on body mass, how much exercise we do and what climate we live in. But even so, most of us struggle to get enough water into our bodies.

Water is essential to get our bodies to work. Our bodies are made up of about 70% water. Our brains are made up of even more – around 77 %.

We can live for weeks without food but without water, we can only live a few days.

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