A decrease in the level of hemoglobin, like any pathological condition, requires prevention, and if it occurs, immediate treatment. Especially significant damage is caused by this condition to the child's body - the child feels tired and exhausted.
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Anemia is a low level of hemoglobin per unit volume of blood. Recently, this disease has become more common in children than in adults. This is due to the anatomical immaturity of the hematopoietic organs resulting from the negative influence of a number of environmental factors. Anemia is usually divided into several types, among which the most common is the so-called deficiency anemia. Somewhat less common is hemolytic anemia caused by destruction of erythrocytes, anemia after severe blood loss, hereditary anemia, etc.
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Decreased hemoglobin is accompanied by specific persistent symptoms that make it possible to recognize it in time. The child becomes lethargic, his appetite is disturbed, or, on the contrary, he is drawn to eat everything, including chalk, wax, paper. The skin of such a child becomes pale and cold, and the hair becomes brittle. But even if none of these symptoms occur, anemia will be detected on the first blood test.
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The so-called deficiency anemia can occur due to a lack of iron (iron deficiency anemia), or a lack of any vitamins. Deficiency anemia can also be secondary. In this case, the cause of the disease is not an unhealthy diet, but a violation of the function of absorption of nutrients in the intestine.
If the cause of low hemoglobin is iron or vitamin deficiency, you should pay attention to the child's nutrition. When confirming the diagnosis, it is necessary to increase the child's protein intake. They can enter the body, in particular, in the form of meat or eggs. However, do not forget that even with anemia, the intake of animal protein should not be exceeded. You also need to give your child milk and applesauce, since apples contain a lot of iron.
With vitamin deficiency, folic acid is usually prescribed, since anemia in children is often precisely due to its lack. In addition, the child can take a complex of other vitamins. In order to increase the level of hemoglobin, which has decreased due to vitamin deficiency, the child should be given such useful plants, fruits and berries as rhubarb, rose hips, bananas. Kissels and compotes from rhubarb compensate for the deficiency of vitamin C and some minerals. Also rhubarb contains malic acid. For children from one to two years old, it is best to give jelly and rhubarb compotes along with rose hips. In addition, bananas should be added to the diet.
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It is important to know that sometimes too monotonous food becomes the cause of low hemoglobin in children. Therefore, it is necessary to include in the child's diet all foods that are said to be consumed in the first year of life.
There are other forms of anemia, such as Fanconi's anemia, which is congenital. With this form of anemia, along with a decrease in the level of hemoglobin, the child may lag behind in growth and development. Such anemia appears in the first years of life. However, as with ordinary anemia, you should still diversify your diet and use vitamin complexes.
