Anemia Profile Test

Anemia is one of the most common blood disorders that seven in ten women suffer from. With this blood disorder your hemoglobin level gets decreased. Although this disorder may occur in both men and women, the higher percentage of anemia is detected in women more than men. Also, the chances of getting affected by this disease are more in the pregnancy period.

Hemoglobin is the main protein in your red blood cells, and this protein works in delivering oxygen to the other parts of your body. With anemia or decreased hemoglobin level, your body parts will not get the sufficient amount of oxygen.

There are multiple types of anemia have identified, which are:

• Iron deficiency anemia
• Sickle cell anemia
• Thalassemia
• Aplastic anemia
• Vitamin deficiency anemia

So, what are the reasons for anemia? As there are multiple types of anemia, there are also several reasons for anemia as well. The reasons are:

• Few anemia can be passed through because of heredity
• Women are prone to get this disease of menstrual cycle
• Older people may get this disease as they are more likely to have kidney disease or other critical diseases

Therefore, if you are at a high risk of having anemia, then you should get tested with an Anemia profile blood test.

What is an Anemia profile test?

An anemia profile test includes a bunch of diagnostic blood tests which helps to analyze the different levels in your blood including hemoglobin, ferritin and others. The tests that are included in this profile are:

• Complete blood count
• Liver test
• Kidney test
• Thyroid test
• Diabetes test
• Lipid test
• Vitamin test
• Iron deficiency test

When should you go for the test?

This test is recommended as a routine health checkup. You need this test if you are having symptoms of anemia, such as:

• Tiredness
• Headache
• Shortness of breath
• Pale or yellow skin
• Rapid heartbeat
• Pain in the chest, joints and belly
• Cold hands and feet

Those are the common symptoms of anemia, but the symptoms may differ due to the anemia type. If you are already diagnosed with anemia then you also need this test to analyze your body’s response to the treatment.

To perform this test a small sample of blood will be required, and you do not need any test preparations as well. As this profile test will examine different levels of your blood, all the reference range of this test will be mentioned in the test report for your understanding.