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Written by: Zhu Haiqi
2021-04-28 17:39
Last update date: 2021-04-28 17:39
Anemia is a common blood disease. More than 30% of the world's population has anemia, especially women.
Some doctors said that the risk of death from surgery for patients with severe anemia is 42% higher than that of ordinary people.
A doctor reminded women to pay attention to the volume of blood lost during menstruation, and seek medical attention immediately if there is any abnormality.
According to a literature review published in the Hong Kong Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, among 57,312 women aged 16-50 who had donated blood for the first time from 2016 to 2017, 21.6% (16-20 years old) to 26.9% (41-50 years old) ) Women have varying degrees of anemia, that is, on average, there is one anemia patient among 4 to 5 women.
The representative of the Hong Kong Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Cai Jiamin, a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology, said that gynecological diseases such as excessive menstrual bleeding, menstrual disorders, uterine fibroids, and functional uterine bleeding are more likely to cause massive blood loss in women. Therefore, female anemia is quite common.
She also mentioned that severe anemia has a fatal crisis and requires blood transfusion and other treatments.
Most cases of gynecological blood transfusion are not caused by surgery, but are related to excessive menstrual blood. Ectopic pregnancy, gynecological surgery with high risk of bleeding, sudden hematuria before or after childbirth will also increase the chance of women needing blood transfusion.
From left: Dr. Cai Jiamin, Dr. Zhou Yufa, and Dr. Zheng Hongjia.
(Provided by Hong Kong Society of Clinical Blood Management and Hong Kong Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Cai Jiamin reminds women that they should always pay attention to whether their menstrual flow is normal or suddenly increase or decrease. Once they find that they have too much menstrual blood (more than 80 ml of blood loss per cycle), which lasts for more than a year, or often have large blood clots or even blood collapse, it is recommended that they should be Seek medical attention as soon as possible.
The epidemic has been raging for more than a year, and blood banks have been in urgent need for many times. In order to reduce the blood demand during surgery, Zheng Hongjia, a representative of the Hong Kong Society of Clinical Blood Management and anesthesiologist, encouraged the public to face up to the problem of anemia and cooperate with proper clinical blood management to help reduce the need for blood during surgery. Risk of blood loss and blood transfusion.
Dr. Zhou Yufa, the chairman of the Hong Kong Society of Clinical Blood Management and an anesthesiologist, pointed out that "patient blood management" is a new medical direction developed in the past ten years. Before surgery, nutrition and physical fitness are used to improve the patient’s anemia, such as taking iron pills and veins. Iron infusion therapy, combined with advanced medical technology to reduce the risk of blood loss during surgery.
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