Is moderate anemia in babies serious?

Unconsciously, children become unwilling to eat. At this time, many of us parents are quite worried, and many parents mistakenly judge this symptom of children as being caused by picky eating and partial eating. In fact, this is often caused by anemia. After children have anemia, they feel dizzy, uncomfortable all day, weak to eat, and particularly lazy. Many children have moderate anemia. So is moderate anemia serious?

The child's skin is sallow and he or she appears puffy or has a slightly swollen face. The hair is fine, yellow and sparse. Psychoneural symptoms may occur, which are not completely parallel to the degree of anemia. People with vitamin B12 deficiency will experience neurological symptoms and signs, such as slow reaction, less crying and less laughing, and delayed or even regression in intellectual and motor development. In severe cases, they may develop organic neurological lesions, such as irregular limb tremors and ankle clonus. Folic acid deficiency does not cause neurological symptoms, but may cause neuropsychiatric abnormalities such as irritability and anger. Children often suffer from loss of appetite, nausea, diarrhea, abdominal distension, glossitis, and may also have hepatosplenomegaly.

Due to epithelial damage, ingrown nails, inflammation of the oral mucosa and anus, and atrophy of the tongue papillae may occur. Digestive system symptoms often include loss of appetite, pica, and sometimes indigestion, vomiting or diarrhea. Respiration and pulse rate may compensatorily accelerate, and a systolic murmur may be heard in the precordial area. Severe anemia may cause heart enlargement and even heart failure.

If adolescents with iron deficiency anemia do not supplement iron in time, they may experience symptoms such as decreased physical strength, decreased memory, and decreased cellular immunity levels, which can easily induce upper respiratory tract infections such as colds and tracheitis. The main focus is on blood supplementation. The simplest way is to let children eat more iron-rich foods to increase hemoglobin. These foods mainly include lean meat, pork liver, egg yolks, kelp, chicken liver, seaweed, shiitake mushrooms and soy products.

Animal liver: Liver is rich in various nutrients and is the first choice food for preventing iron deficiency anemia. Every 100 grams of pork liver contains 25 mg of iron, and is easily absorbed by the human body. For example, liver paste is very convenient for children to eat.

Egg yolk: Every 100 grams of egg yolk contains 7 mg of iron. Although the iron absorption rate is only 3%, eggs are easy to obtain, easy to eat and store, and are rich in other nutrients, so it is still one of the sources of iron supplementation for children.

Soybeans and their products: Every 100 grams of soybeans and soybean powder contains 11 mg of iron, and the human body absorption rate is 7%.

Sesame paste: Sesame paste is rich in various nutrients and is an excellent nutritional food for children. Every 100 grams of sesame paste contains 58 mg of iron, and is also rich in calcium, phosphorus, protein and fat.

Doctors warn that the actual absorption amount of iron in some foods is low due to interference from plant acid. The foods that best meet the requirements include pork liver, chicken and duck blood soup, lean meat, fish and shrimp, etc. In addition, eating a tomato or drinking a glass of orange juice before meals can multiply the absorption of iron, while drinking tea before or after meals will greatly inhibit the body's absorption of iron.

The doctor gave a dietary therapy for anemia: spinach and wolfberry porridge. Parents can refer to it and learn how to make it.

Ingredients: 100 grams of spinach, 15 grams of wolfberry, 100 grams of corn.

Preparation: Remove impurities from the spinach, wash it with roots, blanch it in boiling water, take it out, arrange it and cut it into small pieces (within 0.5 cm), put it in a bowl and set aside. Wash corn and wolfberry, put them into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, boil them over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 1 hour. When the corn is soft, add small pieces of spinach, mix well, add salt and MSG, bring to a boil again, pour in sesame oil, stir well and it is done.

Usage: Take in the morning and evening every day.

Efficacy: Nourishes the liver and kidneys, replenishes blood and strengthens the spleen. It is especially suitable for growing children and adolescents with anemia.

This disease must not be underestimated and children must be treated in a timely manner. If you do not understand the truth about the disease and do not know what the symptoms are when your child is sick, it is recommended that you understand the various symptoms of anemia in children so that you can know in time whether your child has anemia. If so, you must also receive the above corresponding treatment to avoid these consequences from happening to your child.