What excatly is Anemia?

 The blood of a healthy person contains the proper amount of each of these important things. The blood of a person with anaemia does not have enough red blood cells, or red corpuscles, or else it does not have enough iron in it. The red blood cells get their colour because they contain iron.

This iron is in a protein substance called haemoglobin. which helps the lungs to take in oxygen from the air. If our bodies do not get enough oxygen, we grow weaker. A doctor takes a sample of a person's blood if he thinks that person has anaemia. The doctor compares the colour of the blood sample with a colour chart. The colour chart shows how red a healthy person's blood should be. Some people with anaemia are helped by eating foods that contain a lot of iron. Liver is usually the food that helps most. Milk, eggs, oranges, prunes, green vegetables and red meat all contain iron and are good for a person with anaemia.