What are the types of anemia in children?

The physical health of children is an issue that parents are very concerned about. Once a child has a problem, parents will definitely be very worried. However, we also find that children's physical resistance and immunity are obviously not as strong as adults, so children are prone to various diseases. For example, if a child has anemia, how should we deal with it? In fact, there are many types of anemia in children. Let's take a look at the introduction below.

According to the cause of the disease, anemia is divided into three categories: hemorrhagic, hemolytic and hypoplastic:

1. Hemorrhagic anemia?

(1) Acute blood loss: such as trauma, hemorrhagic diseases, etc.

(2) Chronic blood loss: such as intestinal malformations, ulcer disease, hookworm disease, intestinal polyps, idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis, etc.

2. Hemolytic anemia

?(1) Intrinsic defects in red blood cells

① Red blood cell membrane defects: such as hereditary spherocytosis and hereditary elliptocytosis.

② Red blood cell enzyme deficiency: such as glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, pyruvate kinase deficiency, etc.

③ Abnormalities in hemoglobin synthesis and structure: such as thalassemia, abnormal hemoglobin disease, etc.

(2) External abnormalities of red blood cells

① Immune factors: the presence of antibodies that destroy red blood cells, such as neonatal hemolytic disease, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, drug-induced immune hemolytic anemia, etc.

②Infectious factors: destruction of red blood cells by parasites, bacterial toxins, hemolysins, etc.

③ Chemical and physical factors such as benzene, lead, arsenic, snake venom, burns, etc. can directly destroy red blood cells.

④Others: such as hypersplenism.

3. Inadequate red blood cell production

(1) Lack of hematopoietic substances: iron deficiency anemia, nutritional megaloblastic anemia.

(2) Bone marrow suppression: aplastic anemia, severe infection, malignant tumors, etc.

In the above article, we introduced that children are prone to various problems due to their weak body resistance and immunity. If a child has anemia, parents should know what type of anemia the child has.