Patient was educated on myoglobin as follows:
- Iron is an essential nutrient of human diet.
- About 70 percent of iron in human body is present in hemoglobin and myoglobin.
- Myoglobin is an iron containing protein that is present in cardiac and skeletal muscles.
- Myoglobin carries oxygen attached to it and serves as a storage unit of oxygen in the muscle.
- When muscles are exercised, myoglobin delivers oxygen to the muscles to maintain the activity of the muscles for longer durations.