What to do if a three-year-old baby has mild anemia

Children's anemia needs to be divided into mild, moderate, and severe. Everyone should understand these types of diseases. Severe diseases are more serious, and there are many dangers when children's anemia is serious. Many parents do not know the harm of children's anemia, so there will be many parents who do not treat their children in time after their children have anemia. This will only escalate the harm. So what should a three-year-old baby do with mild anemia?

Proper use of iron supplements

Iron supplements are an effective drug for treating iron deficiency anemia, but improper use will affect efficacy and delay treatment. Therefore, when using iron supplements, you must pay attention to the following points:

First, choose iron supplements according to the severity of the disease

1. For patients with mild anemia, ferrous sulfate is used. However, if the patient also suffers from digestive tract diseases or is a pregnant woman with severe reactions, ferrous sulfate should not be used. Instead, dextran iron should be used because ferrous sulfate is more irritating to the gastrointestinal tract.

2. For patients with severe anemia, the use of dextran iron can quickly relieve the iron deficiency required for hematopoiesis and prevent complications such as heart disease.

3. For infants and young children with anemia, it is advisable to use ammonium ferric citrate syrup.

Second, master the effective medication time

Iron is mainly absorbed in the duodenum. Since food can slow down gastrointestinal motility and prolong the residence time of iron supplements in the duodenal segment, it is best to take iron supplements 30 minutes after a meal. This not only increases iron absorption, but also greatly reduces the irritation of iron to the gastrointestinal tract. 30 minutes after a meal, gastric acid secretion is vigorous, which is beneficial to the absorption of iron. In recent years, chronopharmacokinetic studies have found that the absorption rate of iron supplements taken at 7 pm is 100% higher than that taken at 7 am, so 7 pm every day is the best time to take iron supplements.

Third, matters needing attention

1. While taking iron supplements, you should eat more fructose, fruits, fruit juices and various acidic foods to promote iron absorption.

2. You can take vitamin C and dilute hydrochloric acid at the same time in regular doses to help absorb iron.

3. When taking iron supplements, it is forbidden to use rutin, tetracyclines, neomycin, allopurinol, chloramphenicol, meglumine, cholestyramine, cimetidine, penicillamine, vitamin E, hydralazine, aspirin, compound danshen tablets, pancreatic enzyme preparations, oral contraceptives, calcium carbonate, magnesium oxide, aluminum hydroxide, furanitrile, proglumide and acid-resistant Chinese herbal medicines containing calcium and magnesium ions.

As mentioned, the child only has mild anemia. At this time, don't be too nervous when treating the child with mild anemia, because when the child's anemia is only mild, there is no need to use drugs to treat the child. Improve these foods in daily life and let the child eat more foods high in iron, then the child's anemia will be better treated.