One of the symptoms of anemia that affects the lips is not known by many

wAs you may not know, according to the World Health Organization, anemia affects 25% of the world’s population. It is a condition that causes multiple symptoms including cold hands (and feet), dizziness, and also other lesser known symptoms. This is the case of the person who has been giving a lot to talk about on TikTok lately.

Lexi Michaela, makeup artist and content creator, did Video, with more than a million viewswhere she embodied her techniques that help to hide what she calls “anemic lips” and the followers were very surprised.

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However, “anemic lips” isn’t a medical term, Andrea R. Dean, a hematologist-oncologist, explained to Huffpost. However, he confirms that this condition causes pale lips in many, a symptom that also affects the skin, the inner part of the eyelids, and the nail beds.

This sign is caused by “blood moving from less vital organs, such as the skin, to more vital organs, such as the brain, when hemoglobin is low,” explains the doctor. Learn that anemia is “a clinical condition that results from a decrease in the number of red blood cells or the hemoglobin content in the blood to values ​​below those considered normal,” as stated on the CUF website.

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