Prevalence of Anaemia in Adolescence Females between Ages of 18-21 in Tamilnadu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37506/ijphrd.v13i2.17896Keywords:
Anaemia, Sahls method, Adolesent girls, Blood sample and herbsAbstract
Background: Anaemia is major problem faced by women now a days. The school students and colleges
students under the age of 21 is highly affected by anaemia. This may due to improper nutritional
supplements, diet system and physiological system. Care must be taken to control it at earlier state and
it is also important to provide a healthy growth in adolescent so as to avoid any other complication in
future.
Method: This study conducted for 35 adolescent college girls aging under the age of 21 with their
parent and individual permission. Information including the symptoms, signs and diet system were
gathered. Blood sample collected and Hb determined by Sahli’s method.
Result: The prevalence of anaemia was found to be 66% which includes 22.8% of mild anaemia,
28.5% of moderate and 14% of severe anaemia. 70.5% of which anaemic patient followed vegetarian
food. 65% of anaemic patient found non-vegetarian food. Hungriness (60.7%), tiredness (65.1%) and
dizziness (52%) were found to more in anaemic patient.
Conclusion: Anaemia is seen more in girls between the ages of 18-21. Their diet system majorly affects
their healthy state. The most of them experience the tiredness, dizziness and hungriness as the sign of
anaemia. Iron rich food may be recommended to over the condition.