Caregiving 10

Quarter 3 Worksheet 1

Objective: At the end of the lesson the student is expected to: Identify Body’s Needs for Different Trace

Minerals

Information Sheet

TRACE MINERALS
IODINE

- Iodine is part of thyroxine, hormone responsible for regulating basal metabolic rate. This must be
available for thyroxine to be synthesized.

Low Level of Iodine in Blood:

 Thyroid gland will compensate and works double time in attempt to trap much iodine possible
thus becomes enlarge until it makes visible lump in neck called goiter.
 Cretinism is a condition called to a child born with mother that has low iodine level in blood
during pregnancy. Children with this condition suffer extreme and irreversible mental and
physical retardation.

High Level of Iodine in Blood

 Can cause enlargement of thyroid gland, which infact can block airways and cause suffocation.
 Toxic level is 2000 mcg/day for an adult Sources
 Seafood is a dependable source of iodine and in food grown on land that was once covered with
oceans.

IRON

 All living things contain iron. Main components of iron are:

a. Hemoglobin - in red blood cells

- carries oxygen to the different parts of the body

b. Myoglobin - carries and stores oxygen for the muscles.

 RBC live for 3-4 months, when they die, spleen and liver break down and collect iron to
be returned to bone marrow for reuse.

Result of Low Level of Iron in Blood

1. Iron deficiency – people with depleted iron stores in the body.

-they can be iron deficient without being anemic.

2. Iron deficiency anemia – severe iron depletion of iron stores resulting to low blood hemoglobin.

 Body severely deprived with iron becomes unable to make enough hemoglobin to fill its new
blood cells thus anemia results.
  The undersized cells contain too little hemoglobin and thus deliver too little oxygen to the
tissue.
 Sign and symptoms of anemia occur because no energy is being produced due to lack of
oxygen supply.

- tiredness
- physical work and productivity are impaired
- apathy
- restless
- irritable

Source of Iron (two forms found in food)

- Heme
 AIron containing part of hemoglobin and myoglobin found in meat, poultry and fish.

- Non-Heme

 Iron found in plants.

Dietary factor that increase iron absorption is vitamin C

- Iron is absorbed in the intestine with an acidic environment. It is advisable to eat or take vitamin C,
either from food or supplements, while eating iron rich foods.

Exercise

IDENTIFICATION
Direction: Write the correct word/term that is best described in the statement.

_________________1. In red blood cells it carries oxygen to the different parts of the body.

_________________2. Iron found in plants.

_________________3. A condition called to a child born with mother that has low iodine level in blood
during pregnancy.

_________________4. A part of thyroxine, hormone responsible for regulating basal metabolic rate.

_________________5. The months RBC live when they die, spleen and liver break down and collect iron
to be returned to bone marrow for reuse.

_________________6. Regulates the transport of ions across cell membrane and is particularly
important in nerve transmission.

_________________7. It carries oxygen to the different parts of the body

_________________8 It carries and stores oxygen for the muscles.

_________________9. A severe iron depletion of iron stores resulting to low blood hemoglobin.

_________________10. A people with depleted iron stores in the body.

Teacher: Mrs. Annalyn O. Patulada
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