The nutrients that babies are most likely to lack are not calcium or zinc, but iron. When the 4-year-old boy was in the previous physical examination, the doctor said that it was a little iron deficiency anemia, and the parents did not pay attention to it, thinking that it would be good for the children to eat more pig liver and duck blood. Until the discovery of the child, the response is a little sluggish, the kindergarten teacher said that the child's interaction is almost not moving, only to realize that the lack of iron has affected the child's development. Some children may experience iron deficiency, especially toddlers or adolescents.
What causes anemia?
First, growth and development factors. Baby growth and development in infancy is faster, 3 to 4 months and 1 year old weight are 2 times and 3 times the time of birth, with weight gain, blood volume also increases rapidly, 1 year old blood circulation in the hemoglobin increased by 2 times, immature children's scale hemoglobin increased by a higher multiple, if not added in time to iron-rich food, it is easy to cause iron deficiency.
Second, insufficient intake this is the main cause of iron deficiency anemia. The iron content in human milk, cow's milk and cereals is low, and if you do not add complementary foods with more iron in time, iron deficiency anemia is prone to occur.
Third, the absorption of iron is not reasonable food collocation can affect the absorption of iron. Chronic diarrhea not only has malabsorption of iron, but also increases the excretion of iron.
The appearance of these symptoms indicates that the baby is anemia
1. The skin and mucous membranes are pale. When the baby is anemic, the baby's face, lips and ear pinna, palms, cornea, and oral mucosa will be pale, because these parts of the capillaries are rich and distributed in the superficial, and when anemia, red blood cells and hemoglobin are reduced, and the blood color is lightened, which is easy to manifest in these parts.
2. Malnutrition. Children with long-term anemia have poor physical development, short stature, do not like to play, are tired, poor skin elasticity due to malnutrition, poor nail development, brittleness, rhabdom, dry hair, yellowish color, dull.
Third, the digestive system. Children with anemia often have loss of appetite, indigestion, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, and the cells of the digestive system also have dysfunction due to lack of oxygen. Many mothers find that after the child is anemic, they will supplement some iron-containing foods, and the child will also supplement it, but a check of the trace element indicators and find that it is not supplemented, then this is related to the child's spleen and stomach absorption capacity, give the child a healthy spleen patch, gently adjust the spleen and stomach, and the auxiliary dietary effect can be doubled with half the effort.
What should I do if my baby is anemic?
First, the most direct way to determine whether the baby is anemia is to give the baby a blood test.
Second, how to replenish iron. After 1 month, if the hemoglobin does not improve and then take iron, iron should be taken. Small month-old babies can start from eating iron-containing rice noodles, and older babies can follow the method of "mixing noodles with sesame sauce, eating red dates often, wood ear fungus often showing noodles, adding algae to soup, eating meat every day, and eating liver every week". When iron supplementation is required, it is best to take the drug between meals, and oral vitamin C can promote the absorption of iron to supplement the storage of iron.