"Prevalencia de anemia ferropénica en estudiantes de sexo femenino del Colegio Herlinda Toral, de la Ciudad de Cuenca, octubre de 2009-julio de 2010"

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the frequency of Ferropénica Anemia in students of the feminine sex of the school Herlinda Toral of the city of River basin, enters the ages between the 12 18 years of age. Methods and materials: A study was realized epidemiologist of prevalence of descriptive and cross-sectional type, for the selection of the sample I am used the program at random Epi Info, Epidat, obtaining itself like result 375 students. They were evaluated: age, menstruation, menstrual cycle, days of bleeding, volume of bleeding, red corpuscles, Hematocrit, corpuscular Volume half, corpuscular Hemoglobina average. In order to define the cases of ferropénica anemia the values of hemoglobina were used, sérico Iron, transferrina. Also it was examined the association of these variables between age groups and menstruation. Results: The prevalence of ferropénica anemia is of 4.8% was a greater prevalence in students of ages of 14 to 17 years (77.7%). In addition an association between all the anemic that already has initiated their menstruation, of which was demonstrated a 50% have menstrual short cycles, a 22.22% a period of bleeding of more than 7 days, a 72.22% present/display a volume of high daily bleeding. Were 18 students with low values of hemoglobina (<12 g/ml) and sérico iron (<60ug/dl.); in the other enumerated parameters they were normal, demonstrating so not always the microcitosis and ferropenia are indicative of ferropénica anemia. Conclusions: The prevalences of ferropénica anemia and iron deficiency found in the studied population were low, being observed a direct relation with the alterations of the menstruation, by a volume of high daily bleeding, increase in the days of bleeding, or major frequency in presentation, increasing the risk of anemia in the women from menarquia.