贫血是由不产生足够的健康红细胞的身体引起的,因为血细胞没有足够的营养,或者他们的血细胞很少。虽然有几种类型的遗传贫血,但大多数形式的贫血是由营养缺陷引起的(通常是铁或维生素B12)
Many of the symptoms anxiety and panic attacks are similar to those associated with anemia and related problems may occur.. For many, this causes substantial worry, which is why this article will explore the connection between anxiety and anemia.
Similar Symptoms for Different Diseases
Many people convince themselves they have anemia because it's hard for them to believe that their symptoms could be caused by anxiety. Anemia is not that uncommon either, affecting roughly 5 to 10% of the population.
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The symptoms of anxiety – especially panic attacks – and anemia are very similar, so it is no wonder that so many of those living with anxiety convince themselves anemia must be the cause. Both anxiety and anemia cause:
- Shortness of breath
- 心悸
- 四肢刺痛
- 疲劳
- Weakness
However, while anemia may cause these symptoms, it also often leads to other, more serious problems that cause hospitalization. Similarly, the symptoms above are also caused by an issue that is far more common – hyperventilation. As many as 50% of those with panic attacks or more hyperventilate, along with millions of people with anxiety.
So while it's possible to be anemic, it's also very likely that you simply have symptoms of panic attacks and hyperventilation, both of which are more common and more likely to lead to these issues – especially if you have a healthy diet.
Understanding Anemia And Anxiety
Anemia generally occurs when there is a lack of specific vitamins in the body. Iron is the most common, but you can be anemic if you don’t have enough Vitamin B12, Magnesium, Folic Acid and more. Many different vitamin deficiencies can lead to anemia.
贫血本身也可以引起焦虑作为症状。那些贫血的人在大量的压力下将身体放置在一起,这通常会向大脑发出消息,以更加焦虑。此外,大脑可能无法获得足够的健康血液,焦虑症状(如心悸)可能会造成焦虑。
So it is possible for someone to be anemic, and have that anemia lead to more anxiety. It's also possible for someone to have symptoms of anemia, and the person that lives with those symptoms develops an anxiety disorder because of the way the symptoms cause them stress.
Does Anxiety Cause Anemia?
An interesting question though is whether or not anxiety can actually cause anemia. It's unlikely that anxiety can lead to dangerous levels of anemia, but it may be possible for anxiety to contribute to the development of mild anemia.
Studies have rarely looked at the effects of anxiety on vitamin metabolism. But there are reasons to believe that stress does have an effect. For example, as many as 25% of the country is already magnesium deficient. During times of severe stress, the body actually uses up magnesium in the body. Thus those with anxiety (which causes severe stress) may already have low magnesium, and then be using up what they do have when they're experiencing anxiety attacks. It's possible this leads to the development of mild anemia.
过度通气也使用镁。由于许多患有焦虑的人超通用,大量可能会导致缺钙和最终贫血。
焦虑也会影响免疫系统,这可能对贫血产生影响。它也会导致饮食习惯不佳 - 这些也可能导致你变得更加贫血。
These are all unexplored, but absolutely possible links between anxiety and anemia.
How to Break the Link Between Anxiety and Anemia
贫血是一个健康问题。因此,即使您的焦虑导致您的贫血,您的贫血导致您的焦虑,或者两人完全独立,您可以做的最重要的事情之一是开始服用维生素补充剂并吃更健康的饮食。镁很可能是开始的最佳位置,其次是铁和维生素B12。先和你的医生一起谈谈,确保服用这些维生素是安全的。一般来说,吃健康的饮食可能对你的焦虑水平的严重程度产生影响,因此确保您每天都获得适当的营养量。
Once you've developed anxiety, it's hard to stop it without help. Even if your anxiety was caused by anemia, you'll still need to learn to control your anxious reactions that have developed as a result.