The deficiency anemia in infancy is the presence of low levels of hemoglobin in the children themselves must bear in mind that newborns have a lower hemoglobin level compared to adults.
After the birth of their hemoglobin levels are between 170-200g / l.
Between 2 to 3 months of age, hemoglobin levels are between 110 to 120 g / l,
After the child is increased by 130 g / l
Causes:
Iron deficiency: When children do not receive an unbalanced food without enough nutrients like iron.
Some parasites: There are parasites that cause poor absorption of food, preventing the body receives nutrients from vitamins and minerals that are contributing.
Menstruation: It is common in women who experience prolonged bleeding and hormonal causes.
Infections: There are some diseases that often interfere with feeding and normal production of red blood cells in some cases in children urinary infections or kidney trigger anemia.
Types of anemia:
Hemolytic anemia, is presented by the destruction of red blood cells quickly, the bone marrow can not generate new cells that the body needs.
A common form of hemolytic anemia is caused genetically or thalassemia and sickle cell dehydrogenase deficiency glucose-6-phosphate.
Aplastic anemia is a blood disorder in which bone marrow does not produce sufficient quantities of blood cells.
Symptoms:
When children are present anemia at first goes unnoticed as the vitality of these may deceive us realize about her condition.
In some cases children are a bit advanced and the only way to diagnose is with a blood test to assess the level of hemoglobin.
In a prolonged state causes anemia and advanced deterioration of the vitality of the child or adolescent.
Drowsy and sleepy, lack of vitality, and loss of appetite.
In some cases a yellowish pallor and sunken eyes, brittle nails, hair loss.
Faintness, nervousness, irritability, poor digestion.
In the little ladies causes loss of menstrual cycle.
Some toddlers have a desire to eat soil or grass while crawling through the garden or the flowers and leaves, this behavior is common and is called pica ¨ ¨, is a warning and notice that the body of our child needs something, is a for alarm and taking him to the pediatrician to determine which vitamin you may be missing that compels him to look.
Tips:
* Remember to feed your baby breast milk until it is ideal to 2 years, the mother should eat foods rich in vitamins and minerals such as iron to maintain high levels of hemoglobin in the blood.
* When selecting the check made its high content of iron.
* Be careful in feeding their children until age alone that can make preparing these and to develop good eating habits.
* Eat foods rich in iron like egg yolk, meat or offal as the spleen and liver, leafy vegetables, preferably green.
* Teach good hygiene to prevent diseases caused by parasites or infectious diseases.
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