铁缺乏被认为是全球三大“隐性饥饿”(微量营养元素缺乏)之首,全球约有1/5人患缺铁性贫血。据中国疾病预防控制中心的调查显示,我国儿童贫血率在25%左右,妇女贫血率在20%左右,孕妇贫血率高达35%,成年男子贫血率则在10%左右。令人担忧的是,缺铁性贫血已经是铁缺乏严重时的临床表现人群中铁缺乏的人数还要远远高于这一比例。铁缺乏及其贫血除了在严重的情况下一般没有明显的症状,不仅在临床上,甚至有些患者本人也都没有对它的后果给予足够的重视。铁缺乏及贫血严重影 Iron deficiency is considered the world’s top three “hidden hunger” (micronutrient deficiencies) first, about 1/5 people worldwide suffer from iron deficiency anemia. According to a survey conducted by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the anemia rate of children in China is about 25%, the rate of anemia among women is about 20%, the rate of anemia in pregnant women is as high as 35%, and that of adult men is about 10%. Worryingly, iron deficiency anemia is already a sign of iron deficiency in people who are clinically represented in the absence of iron, much higher than this. Iron deficiency and anemia generally have no obvious symptoms except in severe cases, and not even clinically, and some patients themselves have not paid enough attention to its consequences. Iron deficiency and severe anemia