Effect of Iron Deficiency Anemia on Autonomic Nervous System in Adolescent Girls Jain Gunjan1, Kaushik Namrata2,*, Agarwal J. L.3, Singh P. N.4, Jain Manoj Kumar5 1Assistant Professor Physiology Department, G S Medical College & Hospital, Pilkhuwa, Hapur 2Assistant Professor Physiology Department, G S Medical College & Hospital, Pilkhuwa, Hapur 3Professor Physiology Department, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur 4Professor Physiology Department, G S Medical College & Hospital, Pilkhuwa, Hapur 5Associate Professor Medicine Department, G S Medical College & Hospital, Pilkhuwa, Hapur *Corresponding Author: Dr. Namrata Kaushik, Assistant Professor Physiology Department, G S Medical College & Hospital, Pilkhuwa, Hapur. Address: F 108 KW Srishti Raj nagar extension Ghaziabad, e-mail: namrataeras@gmail.com
Online published on 21 November, 2019. Abstract Introduction Anemia is a major health problem especially among the economically disadvantaged segments of population in developing countries like India. Involvement of Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) in cases of anemia has been a matter of considerable speculation. Slight to moderate impairment may be observed in mental and motor development of infants with Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA). Material & Method Study included 30 apparently healthy adolescent girls as control and 90 adolescent girls as cases having IDA. Haemoglobin was done and blood pressure and ECG were recorded. Result Mean rise in SBP And DBP and Mean RR interval was significantly reduced in anemic patient as compared to control subjects. Conclusion We found significant relation between Mean rise in SBP And DBP and Mean RR interval in IDA Top Keywords IDA, ANS, SBP, DBP, RR interval. Top |