What are the dangers of anemia in children?

Many people's children suffer from anemia, and many parents do not take it seriously, thinking that anemia will not cause great harm to the child's growth. In fact, this idea is wrong. The harm of anemia is still quite huge and needs to be treated as soon as possible. Maybe many of us do not have a clear understanding of the harmful effects of anemia in children. Let us learn about the harmful effects of anemia in children.

1. Anemia in babies can affect their growth and intellectual development, leading to abnormal behavior, such as inattention, slow reaction, withdrawn personality, picky eating, restless sleep at night, etc. Anemia leads to reduced immunity and makes them more susceptible to various infectious diseases. Accompanied by lack of energy, pale complexion, pale eyelid conjunctiva, and light red or pale lips and tongue.

To supplement iron, babies should eat more red meat, animal liver, animal blood, black chicken, eel and other meat foods high in iron.

Foods rich in vitamin C, such as oranges, apples, dates, etc., can promote the absorption and utilization of iron.

Chinese medicines such as donkey-hide gelatin, yam, angelica, rehmannia, Polygonum multiflorum, and white peony root have the effect of invigorating qi and nourishing blood. Eating them together with iron-supplementing foods is most effective in improving anemia. It should be noted that these Chinese medicines are warm foods, and it is not good for babies to eat too much. They can be replaced with longan meat, red dates, raisins, and carrots.

2. Iron deficiency reduces gastric acid secretion and poor fat absorption, which weakens the baby's digestive ability.

3. Anemia can reduce the blood's ability to absorb oxygen, causing varying degrees of hypoxia in various organs and tissues of the body. The baby will experience discomfort such as shortness of breath and accelerated heartbeat when exercising a little.

4. Anemia causes the baby's body to be in a state of oxygen deficiency, and the muscles are weak.

The above content introduces to us the hazards of anemia in children and the related issues. I believe everyone has a clear understanding of it. His spelling problem is very serious. Many of our parents and friends can adopt some dietary therapy methods and eat more blood-enriching foods, which will be very helpful for the treatment of our children.