Most children with anemia are asymptomatic, and hemoglobin reduction is only found during routine screening. When there are obvious symptoms, it proves that anemia is more serious, so we should pay attention to adding iron properly after the baby is 6 months old.
Iron dextran oral liquid is an oral iron-supplementing drug which is common in medicine and easy for children to take. In the past clinical treatment, children with iron deficiency anemia were usually treated with ferrous sulfate oral liquid or other iron supplement drugs. Although it has certain preventive and therapeutic effects, taking ferrous sulfate can bring some side effects, which is not conducive to improving the compliance of children's treatment. The complex of iron hydroxide and dextran contained in dextran oral liquid can make children absorb iron better, with less adverse reactions, high safety and better taste, which can improve the compliance of taking and has better clinical curative effect.
The opportunity of iron supplementation for children should start from the period of iron deficiency in storage.
1, preschool children aged 25~59 months: It is recommended to supplement 25mg elemental iron every week.
2. School-age children aged 5~ 12: It is recommended to supplement 45mg elemental iron once a week.
3, prevent anemia iron supplement cycle: after 3 months of supplementation, stop supplementing for 3 months, and then start supplementing.
After taking iron, the stool color is brown and black, so don't be nervous. After applying iron, it will return to normal. However, iron dextran oral liquid is a kind of iron supplement medicine. If the baby is anemic, it can be taken according to the doctor's advice, but it can't be taken for a long time. As long as the test results are normal and then consolidated for a while, it can be stopped after improvement.