Prevalence of Anaemia in Adolescence Females between Ages of 18-21 in Tamilnadu

Abstract

Background: Anaemia is major problem faced by women now a days. The school students and collegesstudents under the age of 21 is highly affected by anaemia. This may due to improper nutritionalsupplements, diet system and physiological system. Care must be taken to control it at earlier state andit is also important to provide a healthy growth in adolescent so as to avoid any other complication infuture.Method: This study conducted for 35 adolescent college girls aging under the age of 21 with theirparent and individual permission. Information including the symptoms, signs and diet system weregathered. Blood sample collected and Hb determined by Sahli’s method.Result: The prevalence of anaemia was found to be 66% which includes 22.8% of mild anaemia,28.5% of moderate and 14% of severe anaemia. 70.5% of which anaemic patient followed vegetarianfood. 65% of anaemic patient found non-vegetarian food. Hungriness (60.7%), tiredness (65.1%) anddizziness (52%) were found to more in anaemic patient.Conclusion: Anaemia is seen more in girls between the ages of 18-21. Their diet system majorly affectstheir healthy state. The most of them experience the tiredness, dizziness and hungriness as the sign ofanaemia. Iron rich food may be recommended to over the condition.