Which medicine is effective for children with anemia?

The child's face is pale and bloodless, which is often a sign of lack of blood in the body, or anemia. At this time, parents must pay attention and must not be careless. Once the ischemia is serious, it may bring disaster to the child. Clinically, anemia in children occurs frequently and is no longer a strange disease, so there are many treatment methods. Generally speaking, taking medicine can also treat anemia, so what is the best medicine for children with anemia?

Iron deficiency anemia, as the name suggests, is anemia caused by iron deficiency, which is generally caused by malnutrition and improper diet. Children are especially prone to nutritional imbalance due to picky eating and anorexia, and nutritional anemia caused by insufficient supply of nutrients for hematopoiesis is a common anemia symptom in children. So, what medicine should children take for iron deficiency anemia?

Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia can have a series of adverse effects on children. At the same time, human iron deficiency is also a gradual process, and the impact on the body is also multifaceted, mainly manifested in the following points:

Affects the activity of iron-containing enzymes in the body, thereby affecting energy metabolism.

Affects behavior and intellectual development

Iron deficiency in infancy can cause long-term, irreversible damage to cognitive function and behavioral development, which can last into childhood. Iron treatment cannot completely restore the already damaged cognitive behavior. Infants and young children may show a lack of interest in things around them, become irritable, have reduced initiative in problem solving, have difficulty concentrating, and have poor learning abilities such as memory, verbal reasoning, and quantitative reasoning.

It reduces the body's immunity and increases the chance of repeated infections, especially diarrhea and respiratory tract infections.

Iron deficiency can also increase the body's absorption of toxic heavy metals, such as lead and cadmium, which can harm children's health.

What medicine should children take for iron deficiency anemia?

When the hemoglobin level is between 100 and 110 g/L, it can be treated through diet, that is, eating more iron-rich foods with high iron absorption rate, such as animal liver, lean pork, soybeans and soybean products. Animal liver contains 25 mg of iron per 100 grams, and the absorption rate can reach about 22%; red meat, such as lean pork and lean beef, contains 2.4 mg and 3.2 mg of iron per 100 grams respectively, and the absorption rate can also reach 22%; animal blood contains 3-4 mg of iron per 100 grams, and the absorption rate is 12%.

When hemoglobin is below 100-110 g/L, iron treatment is required. Commonly used ones are ferrous sulfate and polysaccharide iron complex. The former can irritate the gastrointestinal mucosa and cause adverse reactions such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. In severe cases, it can cause patients to be unable to tolerate the treatment and stop treatment midway, and anemia cannot be corrected. Therefore the latter is recommended.

Polysaccharide iron is widely used in clinical practice because of its advantages such as no or little stimulation to the gastrointestinal tract, small side effects, stable compatibility, good solubility and high iron content.