Prevalencia de anemias en mujeres lactantes asistidas en el Hospital IESS Ambato.

Abstract

Anemia as a result of iron deficiency is one of the most common disorders of the world population. The present study is non-experimental cross-sectional design. It had as aimed to determine the prevalence of Anemia in relationship to food intake and nutritional status with Nursing Women assisted in the IESS hospital Ambato. The results were population age understands between 26 and 33 years, according to BMI Nursing Women, the highest percentage was located in the normal weight category, followed by uderweight. No overweight or obesity was found. According to the hemoglobin levels it was found that 32 nursing mothers with moderate anemia, 19 mothers with mild anemia, 5 normal and 2 with severe anemia. About the time postpartum found that mothers diagnosed with severe anemia had an average of 7 months and mothers who were in the normal category had an average of 6 months. Which indicates that the diagnosis of anemia is not related to postpartum months. Many routines that the nursing mothers have today are wrong, and although the effects are not immediate, they are producing alterations in the body which eventually lead to the imbalance of health state. Multidisciplinary work and replication of this Project in a new population and simple is recommended.