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Report 2011 - Deepalaya

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Health status<br />

She doesn't have any symptoms of anemia such as headache, blurred vision, dizziness, weakness and no<br />

abdominal pain or worms in her swoons.<br />

Analysis: Breastfeeding while pregnancy increases her iron needs and contribute to anemia (severe). We noticed<br />

an important decrease in her Hb value during her pregnancy but we didn't find the cause in the clinic's data.<br />

Other than breastfeeding and pregnancy, she doesn't have many factors contributing to her low iron status. Her<br />

BMI is not so low but undernutrition might be present. She doesn't have any symptoms of intestinal infections or<br />

anemia, even though her Hb is 6 gm % (severe anemia) and she practices open air defecation. From this<br />

interview we couldn't find any cause of her severe anemia other than undernutrition, the main cause in overall<br />

India.<br />

Case #3- Manisha w/o Arvind from Gogjaka<br />

Clinic Data<br />

Her last control was on the August 18 th , where she was at 20 weeks of gestation. She had only her 1 st injection<br />

of TT+. Her Hb value was 7.29 gm% and her weight 46 Kg.<br />

Information from the interview of September 29 th<br />

Physical examination<br />

• Weight : 50 Kg<br />

• Height: 1,46 m<br />

• BP : 110/70<br />

• Hb : 6 gm %<br />

•<br />

BMI: 23,5 kg/m 2<br />

• G2P1L1<br />

• Baby weight: 8,5 kg, height unknown<br />

General information<br />

She is 21 years old and got married at age 18. She has completed her 8 th grade at school.<br />

Habits and living conditions<br />

She is vegetarian and never eats meat but she drink more milk since she is pregnant and since she knows she is<br />

anemic. She is doing housework in her home and she sleeps around 8 hours per night. She gets access to water

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