The iron tonic prescribed by the doctor is no different from the ingredients he bought, but the method of taking it is different. The process of iron supplementation is the most difficult for children to eat, so you can try to get him to take some medicine, and really don't like to change his taste. It's best to go to the drugstore to buy iron supplements, not health products. The amount of health care products usually does not reach the therapeutic effect, so we should pay attention to the difference.
Two days ago, Xiao Q, my best friend, asked me about my child's anemia. She said that her children obviously ate and slept well, but they were found to have moderate anemia. She was also told by the doctor that further treatment might affect the child's intellectual development! Xiao Q is so anxious, I don't know what to do. At the same time, she wondered how the baby was anaemic, was it caused by iron deficiency?
How terrible is anemia?
When it comes to iron deficiency anemia, everyone should be familiar with it. It has long been listed as one of the four major nutritional diseases in the world. Don't ignore anemia, the baby's mild and moderate anemia is usually invisible, only his face is a little pale, but if it is not treated in time, it will cause irreversible harm to the baby, and the harm is manifold:
1. Affect growth and development
If the baby is short of iron for a long time, the digestive function will be greatly affected, causing loss of appetite, poor absorption and frequent diarrhea, which is not conducive to its growth and development. Because bones and muscles can't get enough nutrition, the baby's big sports development will also be affected.
2. Lead to decreased immunity
If preschool children suffer from iron deficiency anemia, the production of hemoglobin will be affected, and various organs will be accumulated, which will lead to the decrease of children's immunity and increase the risk of various diseases, such as respiratory infection.
3. Impairment of mental development
Baby's long-term anemia will lead to a significant decline in the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood, making the brain lack of oxygen supply. As a result, children will have problems such as memory loss, slow response, inattention, and decreased learning ability.
4. Increase the risk of lead poisoning
When the baby is short of iron, the absorption of heavy metals will increase, and the risk of lead poisoning will also increase.
Is anemia due to iron deficiency?
Anemia is a symptom, just like cough, fever and diarrhea, which may be caused by various causes. If you want the symptoms to improve, you must first find the cause, so that you can deal with the symptoms.
Anemia is caused by insufficient hemoglobin of red blood cells in the baby, and the production of red blood cells is related to iron. Therefore, "iron deficiency" is indeed the most common cause of anemia in infants, but there are also some other causes, such as thalassemia, hemolytic anemia and anemia caused by trauma.
Whether the baby is anemic, what is the cause, and how to correct and treat it, requires doctors to make a comprehensive diagnosis through blood test results and combined with their birth, feeding and development.
How do you know if your baby is anemic?
It is too late for iron deficiency anemia to be seen. You know, mild to moderate iron deficiency anemia generally has no symptoms and is not easy to be found by everyone. If you can see it directly, it means that the baby's anemia has been going on for some time, and it is more serious.
Babies with long-term anemia or moderate anemia usually have the following symptoms:
* Pale face, pale lips and fingernails.
* decreased energy, fatigue and fatigue.
* Loss of appetite, such as aversion to milk and dislike of eating.
* Irritability, lack of concentration
Because we find that anemia has "lag", we should focus on prevention. Pay special attention when taking your baby for a 6-month physical examination. There should be a routine blood examination, and the time may vary from place to place. In addition, after that, it is recommended to take the baby to have a check-up regularly, especially for the baby under 6 years old.
How to prevent baby anemia?
Iron deficiency anemia is the most common, and here we mainly talk about it. We can divide it into three stages:
The baby is in the mother's belly
Before the baby is born, expectant mothers should usually eat more foods with high iron content, such as lean pork, beef and mutton, soybeans and black sesame seeds, so that the baby can reserve enough iron.
The baby is born within 6 months.
If it is exclusive breastfeeding, the baby will get iron from the milk, and the mother should pay attention to balanced nutrition and eat more foods with high iron content;
If you are feeding with formula milk powder, because most formula milk powder contains iron, you can usually get enough iron if you have enough milk, so don't worry too much.
Six months after the baby was born.
Add complementary foods in time and choose foods rich in iron, such as fortified iron baby rice noodles on the market.
According to the baby's age and actual situation, gradually increase iron-rich foods such as red meat, and get nutrition through food.
What should the baby do if he is anaemic?
If the baby has been diagnosed with anemia, if it is mild, the doctor may instruct to correct it by improving the feeding method. If it is moderate or severe, it is necessary to follow the doctor's advice to supplement iron (including dosage and medication cycle) under the condition of food supplement.
VC can promote the absorption of iron. When taking iron, the baby can mix with fruits and vegetables rich in VC, or take VC preparation according to the doctor's advice. When taking iron, you should avoid supplements such as calcium tablets and zinc to avoid affecting iron absorption. Also, if the baby eats iron, the color of Baba will turn black. This is a normal phenomenon, don't be too nervous ~
Finally, as a reminder, remember to take the baby to check on time to determine whether the iron supply level has come up and determine the follow-up plan.
Do you need to take iron supplements for extra iron? If the baby is not iron deficiency or anemia, food iron supplement is recommended first, and iron supplement is not recommended. The reason is:
1, the iron absorption rate in food is relatively high, especially heme iron, and the iron agent is non-heme iron, and the absorption rate is relatively poor.
2. Enough iron can already be ingested from formula milk, rice flour and meat food, and there is no need to eat extra iron.
3, iron agents have certain irritation and side effects, which may lead to constipation and gastrointestinal discomfort.
If the baby is definitely diagnosed as anemia or iron deficiency, you can take iron agent, such as ferrous agent, plus some vitamin C to promote the absorption of iron. As for how much and how long to supplement, you should ask the doctor, otherwise don't use iron agent indiscriminately.
Here, I would like to remind you that it is necessary to check the venous blood in a regular hospital to test whether the baby is iron deficient. Generally, the test results of finger blood routine and trace element detector in the child care center and maternal and child shop of community hospitals are inaccurate and unreliable.
What are the foods rich in iron? Heme iron is mainly found in animal foods, and the red part is particularly rich, which is common red meat, liver, pig blood, duck blood, etc. For example, 100g pig liver contains 22.6mg of heme iron, so the baby can absorb 2mg of iron if he eats 10g pig liver mud.
Non-heme iron mainly comes from plant food, such as auricularia auricula, laver, sesame, soybean, bean curd skin, dried mushrooms, raisins, walnuts, etc., in which the contents of auricularia auricula and laver are relatively high, reaching 97.4mg/ 100g and 54.9mg/ 100g respectively, and such food can be appropriately added when making porridge.
Referring to the data given by some pediatricians, the absorption rate of iron in different foods is quite different. The absorption rate is about 50% for breast milk, 0/0% for meat and liver, 2%~5% for vegetables, and 0.2%~0.5% for milk and egg yolk.
There are several misunderstandings that must be paid attention to. Because the absorption rate of iron in milk and egg yolk is relatively low, they are not the best choice for iron supplementation. Secondly, spinach contains more oxalic acid, which will affect the absorption of iron, and its own iron content is not high, so it is not the best source.
Therefore, babies aged 0.5~3 years old should not only drink breast milk or formula milk normally every day, but also add complementary foods based on the principle of maintaining food diversity: cereals (such as rice flour and noodles)+animal foods (such as liver, lean meat and eggs)+plant foods (such as vegetables and fruits)+beans (such as soybeans and peanuts).
In addition, WHO also suggests that babies of this age should eat enough animal food, including 500mL milk, 1 egg and 15~75g meat, poultry and fish every day.
Food diversity, on the one hand, keeps enough iron intake, on the other hand, different combinations can ensure stable iron absorption rate, and at the same time, it can also let the baby consume more other nutrients, such as high-quality protein, essential fatty acids and vitamins.
Anemia in a baby over one year old must be related to diet. If Bao Ma doesn't eat enough iron-rich foods during pregnancy, it may lead to iron deficiency during pregnancy.
Whether the baby eats breast milk or drinks milk, he should supplement iron-fortified supplementary food rice flour after six months. This is also stipulated by the relevant documents of the Health Planning Commission. Your authoritative national documents such as Dietary Guidelines for China Residents, Pediatrics textbooks and Chinese Journal of Pediatrics clearly indicate that infants and young children must be supplemented with iron-fortified supplementary rice flour from 6 months to 36 months.
A complementary food fortified with iron needs a variety of other nutrients. The content of protein, vitamin b 1 and vitamin b2 are all very important. Especially when the contents of vitamin C and iron are 1: 10, it can promote the iron absorption rate by more than 6 times.
At ordinary times, Bao Ma also needs to make more complementary foods to feed her baby. You are like animal blood and animal viscera, which are all foods rich in iron. You can eat two or three meals a week.
Therefore, simply supplementing iron does not necessarily have an ideal effect, and a variety of nutrients must be added.
Iron supplement. Can your baby drink? No resistance? Such a small iron deficiency is serious. It is estimated that you will have a serious iron deficiency when you are pregnant. But the real suggestion is food supplement. Like pig liver mud, the liver is the thing with the highest iron content, and it is also rich in many nutrients, which can effectively prevent iron deficiency anemia. Every100g of pig liver contains 25 mg of iron, and it is easier for the baby to absorb it if it is made of pig liver. Or animal blood or egg yolk soup, or eat spinach or lean meat. Of course, it is also good to eat rice noodles at the age of six months. Rice flour is high in iron. I don't know how you feed your children. If it really doesn't work, you can only drink iron supplements. German iron yuan or France's Erico are good for iron supplementation. You have to choose.
As long as you don't check to make sure what is missing, your baby shouldn't make up metal objects casually.
Iron supplements should eat these:
Mutton beef pig liver pig blood pork.
If you want to supplement food, it is suggested that iron and Vc should be added together, and vc can promote the absorption of iron. If iron is deficient, the lead content will be high, and vc can promote the discharge of lead.
Below is the routine check-up we went to the hospital for, and we can take a look at ourselves to see if there is blood deficiency and whether it is necessary to replenish it.
First, check to see if there is iron deficiency. If it is, look at the value. If it is serious, take iron supplements for children. If it is not serious, take supplements, such as pork liver, spinach and jujube.
In addition, it is recommended to cook in an iron pan!
There are many kinds of iron agents used by babies to replenish blood for children. It is recommended to go to the hospital for examination and let the doctor recommend it to you.
Anemia in children is usually considered as iron deficiency anemia. It is suggested that blood supplement therapy should be carried out after diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia. Buxue oral liquid can be ferrous gluconate syrup. Generally speaking, it is difficult for children to accept the taste of oral ferrous sulfate tablets. Severe anemia needs blood transfusion treatment. You can also take some iron supplements, such as iron oral liquid and Hansen calcium, iron, zinc and selenium chelating agent. Also pay attention to supplementing vitamins at the same time. It is recommended to supplement nutrition in a timely and reasonable manner, and pay attention to eating more green leafy vegetables for your baby.
Baby-sitters, I also eat them during pregnancy.