aneimic

[gingerflaps]

how can you tell if a person is aneimic just by looking in eyes? what do you look for?

[angel-cake]

It's actually anaemic (sorry to be picky!).

Where the eyes are normally pink, there is usually no colour and your nails look pale too.

Otherwise, the only sure way is a blood test.

[Rubyrose]

I am anaemic and I don't have any of those symptoms! I found out through a blood test. Its a lack of iron in my blood! I was taking supplements but then someone told me that to take it all the time is bad for you aswell! I can't win!

[GingerMinge]

If you thinking of a professional being able to suggest a check-up after looking into someones eyes, then I think they would have a good idea. After all, drug users eyes are a dead giveaway to anyone - usually despite strenuous denials.

[alijangra]

angel-cake is correct though, you may be able to notice that the normally pink/bloody area in the eye socket is paler if you are anaemic. This is because anaemia occurs when haemoglobin in the blood falls below a certain level, and it is this which gives blood its red colour.

[mullein3]

Their is also another anaemia the one i have called..pernicious anaemia and that can pass by tests until you are seriously ill.you can even die from it if they dont catch it,that anaemia is caused by a lack of vitamin b12 and your body stops absorbing it so you get really ill and have to get injections for the rest of your life to keep you alive..i had it for years before i was diagnosed and went for all sorts of tests at the eye hospital and they found nothing..as its one of the anaemias that lurk in your body and fester away...

[LazyGun]

Physical symptoms of anaemia, which can be present to a lesser or greater degree, depending on the severity of the anaemia;
1.Fatigue
2.Shortness of breath
3.Pallour of skin.
4.Glossitis of tongue
5.Pale skinbed beneath the eyes(pull the skin down to see)
Pale gums
Pale nailbeds
"Spooning" of nailbeds

Two most common types of anaemia
1. Iron Deficiency
2. B12/Folate Deficiency

Iron, B12 and Folate are all required in the manufacture of red blood cells, so the lack of one of these building blocks for whatever reason (and there are many reasons why one or more may be lacking) results in the reduced production of red cells, and therefore reduced oxygen carrying capacity.

Taking iron supplements is often the treatment for Iron deficiency, but taking iron can have side effects, typically constipation...

All types of anaemia are treatable, and pernicious anaemia is effectively a form of autoimmune disease and is relatively rare.... is treated if memory serves by injections of either Intrinsic Factor and/or B12

[dancealot13]

mullein3- What symtoms did u have?