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Abstract
Ana emia meas lack of blood, this condition is very common in various brances of medical and surgical practices.
Te basic pathophysiologic definition of anaemia is tissue ypoxia as a conse-quence of low oxygen carrying capacity of the blood. In the laboratory, anaemia is defined as hemoglobin concentration below the lower limit of the 95% reference level for age, sex and geographic altitude, therefore by definition, 2.5% of all persons are classified as anaemic.
There major schemes for classification of anaemia are available : patophysiologic classification ; classification by mean corpuscular volume and red cell distribution widt ; ad morphologic classification.
Iron deficiency anaemia is one of the most common deficiency disease in children in developed countries. It affect particulary those living in poor socioeconomic circumstances, and children of immigrant communities.
Prolonged breast feeding and early introduction of cows mild are associated wit anaemia, and te continued use of formual milk protects against anaemia.