Case study of valid elderly people suffering from anemia treated with the nutritional supplement APIASMIN
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Despite the increase of life expectancy is well celebrated, it has deep repercussion on life quality and on the independence of elderly. Therefore it has been recommended to encourage a healthy ageing as result of the decisions that each person have on matters like diet and exercise. The aim of present study is to introduce the Apiasmin as a nutritional support in the diet of elderlies with anemia of unknown causes who do exercises systematically. It was carried out a study of multiples cases on 2013 during three mouths. With a universe of 38 elderly and a sample of 15 who belong to the retreat “Para empezar a vivir” in Havana. The successful variables were: hemoglobin and age. The 93.0% of the sample was cured and only one patient improved. This highlights the effectiveness of Apiasmin in the valid elderly. 53% of the patients healed at three months of treatment and 40.0% at two months. Conclusion: The Apiasmin as a nutritional supplement is useful on the treatment of anemia of unknown causes in elderlies who practice exercises systematically, achieving a fully recovery from two to three month.
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