Sentences with phrase «low haemoglobin levels»

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In two controlled trials conducted in Honduras, allocation to exclusive breastfeeding to six months of age compared with mixed breastfeeding from four to six months resulted in lower haemoglobin, ferritin, and hematocrit levels in infants, but no differences were found in anthropometric or morbidity outcomes, and mothers resumed menses later and lost more weight

This is why low ferritin levels can sometimes lead to hair loss, because oxygen supply to the root of the hair follicle is diminished through lack of haemoglobin.