Anemia in children?

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Some mothers will find their children's face is always paler than other children, to the hospital a check, only to know that the child is anemia. Anemia can lead to slow growth and inattention of children, so once parents find that children have symptoms of anemia, they should take immediate measures. Anemia in children? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Anemia in children?

Pale skin and mucous membrane: This is the most prominent manifestation of children with anemia, especially in the face, lips, auricles, palms and nail beds. The conjunctiva and mucous membrane of the eye are even paler. This is because these parts are rich in capillaries and distributed in superficial areas. When anemia occurs, red blood cells and hemoglobin decrease, and the blood color becomes pale, which is easy to be shown in these parts.

Children with long-term anemia have poor physical development, short stature, do not like to play, and are easily tired; Due to malnutrition, the skin elasticity is poor, the nails are not well developed, brittle, with horizontal lines, and the hair is dry, yellow and lusterless.

When anemia occurs, the information of tissue hypoxia is "told" to the brain command center through the nervous system. The brain then commands the heart to pump blood faster (heart beat faster) and the lung to breathe faster, trying to provide more oxygen. This phenomenon is called "compensation". But compensation is limited, if anemia continues to deteriorate, compensatory dysfunction, there will be heart enlargement, severe heart failure.

matters needing attention

According to the dietary guidelines for Chinese residents, infants within 6 months of age mainly rely on fetal liver to store iron to maintain their iron needs, and obtain iron from complementary food after 6 months of age. Therefore, the first complementary food for babies should be high-energy food rich in iron, such as baby rice noodles and meat paste with iron fortification.