What to do if infants are anemic
1. Supplement iron-containing foods, iron-fortified infant formula, iron-containing rice tablets or iron-containing vitamin drops. At the same time, you should also supplement foods rich in vitamin C, such as tomato juice, vegetable puree, etc., to enhance iron absorption. In addition, when the baby starts eating solid food, he should also feed more foods containing a lot of iron, such as egg yolks, rice porridge, vegetable porridge, etc. However, sugar should be avoided because sugar will hinder the absorption of iron.
2. Pay attention to the baby's physical condition at all times, and do a hemoglobin test on the baby if necessary, because babies with mild anemia cannot be seen on the outside. If the baby's hemoglobin is too low, it means he is anemic, and he should replenish iron in time and eat foods high in iron.
3. Regarding the addition of iron-fortified diet, full-term infants should start from 4 to 6 months (no later than 6 months), and premature infants and low-birth-weight infants should start from 3 months. The simplest method is to add ferrous sulfate to milk formula or complementary food. Add iron-containing cereals to breastfed infants 1-2 times a day. Ferrous sulfate drops can still be used alternately. The dosage of pure iron in term infants should not exceed 1mg/kg/day (2.5FeSO40.2ml/kg/day), and that in premature infants should not exceed 2mg/kg·d. The maximum daily total dose is 15mg, and it should be used at home without ultrasound for up to 1 month to avoid iron poisoning.
4. If artificially fed children are fed milk without iron after 6 months, the total amount should not exceed 750ml, otherwise the intake of iron-containing diet will be squeezed out.
5. For children and adults, it is best to add 13-16 mg of iron per kilogram of flour. In rural areas of our country, cereals and starches are the main diets. Hookworm disease is prevalent in some places, which must be paid attention to. At the same time, attention should be paid to increasing the meat diet as much as possible, because even if iron is added to cereals, its absorption is not as good as meat foods.