Abstract :
Hemoglobin is the protein molecule present in red blood cells that
carries O from the lungs to the body tissues and returns CO from the 2 2
tissues back to the lungs.
The red blood cells have the ability to concentrate hemoglobin in the cell
fluid up to about 34 grams in each 100 ml of cells. Anemia refers to a
reduced oxygen carrying capacity of blood either due to reduced red blood
cell count or decreased hemoglobin concentration. Anemia in women
apart from many other causes is possibly due to the result of systemic
inflammation which is probably because of the smoke of biomass fuels.
To study correlation between hemoglobin levels and use of biomass fuel (wood) for cooking by females in rural areas
of Lucknow district.
The examination was done on the 44 females between 18 to 55 years of age and cooking food using biomass fuels for at
least 5 years. Women who were pregnant, having history of bleeding disorders like hemophilia and Thalassaemia,
history of tobacco intake, history of medications like steroids and history of hemorrhoids were excluded from the
study. Examination of the blood sample for hemoglobin estimation was collected in the rural health training center
(RHTC) of Era's Lucknow medical college and Hospital and hemoglobin estimation was done in the hospital lab
services (HLS) Era's Lucknow medical college and hospital, which use fully analyzing method SYSMEX XS
8001for hemoglobin estimation .
The correlation between biomass fuel (wood) smoke and hemoglobin levels was strongly positive and statistically
highly significant (p= 0.004).
The decrease in hemoglobin levels due to exposure to indoor air pollution resulting from the burning of biomass fuels
in smoky fires for cooking have important implications for diagnosis of anemia.
Keyword :
Hemoglobin, Biomass fuel, Anemia, Indoor air Pollution.