Can anaemia have a fever in children?

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Anemia is a common clinical manifestation in children, which can be caused by a variety of reasons. According to the different causes of anemia, it can be divided into nutritional anemia, hemolytic anemia and aplastic anemia. Can anaemia have a fever in children? Let's talk about it

Can anaemia have a fever in children?

Nutritional anemia is mainly due to the lack of iron storage in the body, or because of vitamin B12 and / or folic acid deficiency, the clinical symptoms are mild, generally no fever. Hemolytic anemia is caused by accelerated destruction of red blood cells for some reasons. Due to the effect of the decomposition products of red blood cells on the body when a large number of red blood cells are dissolved, children often have chills, high fever and other symptoms in the process of hemolysis, and their heat potential is generally positively correlated with the degree of hemolysis.

Aplastic anemia is caused by bone marrow hematopoietic failure. Due to the suppression of bone marrow hematopoietic function, red blood cells, granulocytes and platelets are reduced, resulting in low resistance to pathogens, often prone to infection. Therefore, children with aplastic anemia often have different degrees of fever.

If the pregnant mother suffers from iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy and is not corrected in time, it is bound to lead to fetal iron deficiency, and even iron deficiency anemia. In addition, in the last three months of fetal life, the most iron is obtained from the mother, such as premature birth, twins or multiple births, fetal blood loss, which can also reduce fetal iron storage.

matters needing attention

If it is found that the child has persistent fever, accompanied by anemia symptoms such as yellow face, fatigue, shortness of breath after activity, skin bleeding spots or ecchymosis, gastrointestinal or nose bleeding, liver, spleen, lymph node swelling and bone and joint pain, we should be vigilant in this case, and take the child to the hospital hematology department for relevant examination in time. Be sure to check the child's hemogram, especially pay attention to the number and shape of white blood cells, and further check if necessary.