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Weak Blood

ing the anemia, other signs are iron-overloaded. Many Countless Arubans and Come in for a consultation
and symptoms may occur, African decedents have Americans can trace our to find the root cause of
such as jaundice (yellow- this condition. They need family tree to Portuguese, your anemia.q
tinged skin), dark tea-col- iron removed despite Spanish, Italian and Greek
ored urine, easy bruising the anemia. The anemia roots. Many decedents GIVE THE GIFT OF HEALTH:
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Unfortunately, many doc- and folic acid. However, cose-6-phosphate dehy- at Viana Center.
By: Dr. Carlos Viana tors don’t discover anemia B vitamins should always drogenase (G6PD) defi-
until they run blood tests as be taken as a complete ciency. CARLOS VIANA, Ph. D. is
People in the same fam- part of a routine physical B complex, with specific B The red blood cells of peo- an Oriental Medical Doc-
ily are related by blood examination. A �complete vitamins added on an in- ple with this condition ei- tor (O.M.D.) having studied
and “blood is thicker than blood count may indicate dividual basis by a trained ther do not make enough in China; a US Board Cert.
water” says that fam- that there are fewer red Clinical Nutritionist. Blood of the enzyme G6PD or the Clinical Nutritionist (C.C.N.),
ily (“blood”) relations are blood cells than normal. banks especially seem to enzyme that is produced an Addiction Professional
more important than rela- Other diagnostic tests may believe that hemoglobin is abnormal and does not (C.Ad.), Chairperson of
tions with friends. “Blood is include a blood smear and iron are the same. work well. When someone the Latin American Com-
thicker than water” com- which can sometimes in- They have prepared lists of born with the deficiency mittee of the International
pares the thickness of dicate the cause of the high iron foods to give out has an infection, takes any Academy of Oral Medicine
blood (family relationship) anemia. When your blood to donors with low hemo- sulfa medicine, is exposed and Toxicology (IAOMT), a
to the thickness of water tests indicate that the total globin. They invariably tell to the smell of camphor, or Rejuvenating Cell Therapist
(friendships) and says that serum iron and ferritin lev- these people: “Your iron is eats fava beans the body’s specializing in Age Man-
our family relations are els, which help determine low.” red blood cells suffer extra agement, has a weekly
more important (“thicker”) whether your anemia is Many of our grass- roots stress. Without adequate radio program, writes and
than all others. due to iron deficiency is on clinic patients who are G6PD to protect them, lectures extensively. For
Interestingly, there are the low side, most doctors anemic have type A blood. many red blood cells are information: VIANA HEAL-
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as anemia. One of the pation. them from absorbing the the red blood cells more. “Prescriptions from Para-
more common blood disor- Regrettably, many doc- iron from their food. The There is a simple blood test dise” - International Book
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