THE STUDY OF FOLIC ACID AND VITAMIN B12 LEVELS IN ANAEMIA IN PREGNANCY

Abstract

In developing  countries  the  prevalence  of anaemia among  pregnant women averages 56%,  ranging  between  35 to 100%  among different  regions  of  the world. Various  studies  from  different  regions  of  the country (India)  have  reported  the prevalence  of  anaemia  to  be  between  33 and 100%.In  India, anaemia  is  the second  most common cause of  maternal deaths, accounting for 20%  of  total  maternal deaths. Anaemia  affects  mainly  the  women  in child  bearing age group, young  children and  adolescent  girls. Association  of  anaemia with  adverse  maternal outcome  such  as  puerperal sepsis, ante-partum  haemorrhage, post-partum  haemorrhage and  maternal mortality is no longer a debatable  subject. Folic  acid  and vitamin  B12  are  essential  in  the  synthesis  of  nucleoprotein, particularly  of  erythropoietic   cells. Hence this study is taken to study the serum levels of  Folic  acid  and   vitamin  B12  in pregnant ladies and correlate with seviarity of anaemia.