Symptoms of iron deficiency anemia in babies

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Today, the diet is rich in nutrition. Iron deficiency anemia is still one of the common diseases in the baby. It is mainly caused by the unreasonable diet structure and picky food preference of the baby. The baby's anemia will not only have adverse symptoms, but also lead to the baby's slow growth and mental retardation. When the symptoms of iron deficiency anemia are found, parents should pay attention to it, Timely give the baby iron improvement, prevent anemia harm to the baby's health. Baby iron deficiency anemia symptoms to talk to you.

Symptoms of iron deficiency anemia in babies

In general, before the blood routine of anemia examination is abnormal, the baby often has restlessness, low spirit, reduced activity, pale skin, nail deformation (anti nail) and other manifestations; Parents can observe whether the baby's face is yellow or pale, the new membrane of lips and eyelid mucosa is pale.

Suffering from iron deficiency anemia baby will have loss of appetite, pale, often nausea, vomiting, and hepatosplenomegaly and other digestive system and hematopoietic system changes, can also cause brain tissue hypoxia, and then nervous system changes. Anemia will eventually affect the development of the baby's intelligence. Older school-age children can also appear when learning attention is not focused, reduced understanding, slow response, poor memory and other phenomena.

Older children may also tell their parents that they are always tired, dizzy, tinnitus, flustered and short of breath; Some children even have the so-called "pica". These children especially like to eat bark, sand, newspapers, raw rice and raw flour. Children with severe iron deficiency anemia may have glossitis, angular stomatitis, and even growth retardation. Children's body resistance decreases, which is manifested as easy to catch a cold and infect various diseases, such as dyspepsia, diarrhea, pneumonia, etc. Therefore, parents should attach great importance to early detection and timely supplement iron for children.

matters needing attention

The baby's pale face, loss of appetite and mental depression indicate that the baby is likely to suffer from anemia, so parents should pay attention to it.