Iron deficiency anemia is common in children's anemia, mainly because children grow faster and have a greater demand for iron. In addition, some children have the habit of partial eclipse and don't like meat, which leads to a decrease in iron intake.

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So iron deficiency anemia is more common in children. If anemia is serious, you need to supplement iron and pay attention to your diet. Eat more foods and fruits with high iron content, such as lean meat, animal liver, blood products, laver, spinach, kelp, fungus and so on. At the same time, eat more foods with high vitamin C content, because vitamin C can promote the absorption of iron. In addition, it is necessary to correct the child's habit of partial eclipse.

There are many reasons for anemia in children. It is generally believed that anemia is caused by insufficient erythropoiesis, including acquired and congenital aplastic anemia, anemia caused by red blood cell destruction, hemolytic anemia in children and so on. Thalassemia is more common in southern China, and anemia caused by hereditary spherocytosis is more common in northern China. In addition, if the child has obvious rapid anemia, it is necessary to pay attention to whether it is caused by bleeding in some parts, and actively seek the cause for effective treatment.

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The causes of anemia in children are as follows:

1. Anemia caused by insufficient erythropoiesis: nutritional iron deficiency anemia, megaloblastic anemia and aplastic anemia in infants are common in clinic;

2. Anemia caused by excessive destruction of red blood cells: infectious hemolytic anemia is common in clinic;

3. Hemorrhagic anemia: Acute or chronic hemorrhagic anemia is common in clinic. For example, acute anemia is caused by a car accident and trauma, resulting in rupture of the liver and spleen. There are also some chronic hemorrhagic anemia, such as intestinal parasitic diseases and chronic bleeding of hookworm in children, which can lead to acute and chronic hemorrhagic anemia in children.

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Fetuses with congenital iron deficiency get iron from their mothers through the placenta, and get the most iron in the third trimester. Therefore, premature delivery of pregnant women, twins or multiple births, fetal blood loss and severe iron deficiency can all reduce fetal iron storage. Insufficient acquired iron intake is the main cause of iron deficiency anemia. Generally, the iron obtained by full-term babies from their mothers is only enough for 4 ~ 5 months after birth, while the iron content in human milk, milk and grain is low. If you don't add more iron-containing complementary food in time, it is easy to have iron deficiency anemia. ?