University in Ottawa discovered an anemia problem about going into space. The human body is destroying 50% more blood cells up there than on Earth.

Anemia is a condition where your blood cells quarry enough oxygen in your body’s tissues. It can also make you feel tired and can be referred to as a low quantity of hemoglobin, used to transport oxygen in your blood.

Blood samples and breaths of 14 astronauts from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) have been analyzed. It showed that 54% more blood cells are being destroyed in space than on Earth. “As long as you are in space, you are destroying more blood cells than you are making. “

Usually, the human body is destroying and replacing two million blood cells per second. For example, when you are on a six months mission outer our planet bonds, three million are being destroyed.  

Some symptoms can be as simple as weakness, chest pain, headaches and many more. The symptoms vary depending on which degree of anemia you have.

Even after a few years after returning from up there, the astronauts still have the same amount of blood cells. It can be even worse if you wait before meeting a doctor. Every astronaut that comes back from Space should be consulted even if they have no symptoms of anemia.

Scientists have started studying ways to find solutions to anemia. The problem is that they don’t even have a track of how it is caused. 

“If we can find out exactly what’s causing this anemia, then there is a potential to treat it or prevent it, both for astronauts and for patients here on Earth,” said Trudel, a scientist working on the Anemia problem.

Experiments are still going on today and will continue in the next few years.