Diagnosis «anemia» heard from their pediatrician many moms. And about the notorious hemoglobin, which is meant below the norm, they know even dad! What is anemia in a child and how to treat it, tells MirSovet.
What is anemia
Anemia is a decrease in the overall concentration of red blood cells and hemoglobin in the blood. The task of erythrocytes is to deliver oxygen to the tissues of the body. Therefore, with a decrease in their numbers, the body suffers from the so-called hypoxia - the lack of oxygen. Especially sensitive to a decrease in hemoglobin kids.
According to statistics, anemia is observed in 15% of children. Anemias are very different - some are associated with the lack of group B vitamins, others - with foliaic acid failure. But the predominant majority of anemia develops due to iron deficiency. These anemia are called iron deficiency, and it is them most common (about 90% of all anemia). About iron deficiency anemia today and talk.
Causes and symptoms of anemia
Causes of iron deficiency anemia are divided into three groups.
The first is situations related to blood loss. This includes bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract, menstrual bleeding, any other blood loss.
To the second group, we will draw the lack of iron. And although it is possible only when fasting, it happens in children. For example, when Parents-Vegetarians deliberately deprive the child meat food - the main source of hemyal iron.
Next Group of Causes - Iron Suction Disruption. In some diseases of the stomach or intestines, after extensive operations on the gastrointestinal tract. The fact is that iron is absorbed mainly in a 12-risen intestine and in the upper sections of the small intestine. Therefore, any problems with these duties are capable of provoking anemia.
Anemia may also arise with insufficient erythrocyte developing, violation of their functioning and premature destruction of red blood tauros.
Your child pale, quickly gets tired, complains of muscle weakness, dizziness. These are the first signs of anemia. Such situations are characteristic of schoolchildren, and for children-preschool. Attentive parents of the sauce will go to the doctor. If the anemia is launched, then soon your child becomes a larger, cracks will appear in the corners of the mouth, the language will become smooth and glossy, the eyes will fade «Mushkush». Perversion in food desires will appear, especially - the desire to lick nails and other metal objects.
Your task, as parents, as well as your attending physician - to identify her kind, causes and eliminate the deficiency of iron.
Diagnosis and treatment of anemia
In order to confirm the diagnosis «anemia», It is necessary to hand over an elementary overall blood test (from the finger). According to its results, it will be visible as critical of the condition of the child. If hemoglobin (HGB) ranging from 90 to 110 is light anemia; 90-70 - anemia of medium severity; An indicator below 70 - alarming signal of severe anemia. You need to pay attention to the number of blood erythrocytes (RBC). Their norm for children 4.0-7x1012 (depending on age).
A very important indicator of anemia is the color indicator of blood. Normally, it must be equal to one. If its value is higher than 1.05, it becomes clear that anemia is caused by a shortage of group vitamins in either folic acid. If the CPU is less than 0.85, iron deficiency anemia is suspected. There are other criteria based on which the diagnosis is made, but their analysis will provide a knowledgeable doctor.
After making a diagnosis, the doctor must establish the cause of anemia, and you must help him. Be sure to inform the doctor, if suddenly your child does not eat meat or fish, if he has disease gasts (ulcerative and preoccupatory intestinal states). It is very important to find out and eliminate exactly the root cause of anemia, otherwise no treatment will give results, and after a few months anemia will appear again.
The treatment of anemia must be complex. Diet It is possible to eliminate only a small lack of iron, more serious situations require complex treatment combining both a special diet and drugs. But about this later.
Treatment should be prescribed only a doctor. And better if it is a qualified hematologist. The readers of the MPsovets should know that the excess of iron is also dangerous for the children's body, as well as its flaw. Therefore, dealing with self-medication, you risk seeing symptoms of overdose - cramps, vomiting and diarrhea.
Modern iron preparations are produced in comfortable forms - in the form of syrups, droplets and even chewing tablets. With light anemia, enough oral medication. And, to drink them better than juice, and must be taken out of meals! If anemia is characterized by severe, hospital treatment is shown, parenteral administration of drugs, and sometimes even blood transfusion. Therefore, do not risk the health of children and with the slightest suspicions, please contact medical care.
Nutrition for anemia. Prevention of anemia
To form the right nutrition principles, it is important to understand the mechanism of suction of iron from various sources. The fact is, in red meat, liver and eggs, iron is contained in a quickly absorbed form - the so-called gem (hematic) iron. Vegetable food (legumes, buckwheat, grenades) are a storehouse of nonsense (non-combustible) iron, which is sucked worse. Therefore, meat must be present in the Child menu (beef, rabbit - 30 grams per day), marine fish, eggs (1-2 pieces), berries and juices rich in ascorbic acid. It is ascorbinka and an animal protein that improves the absorption of iron (while using 3 times simultaneously!). While whole milk and dairy products should be eaten separately from meat, fish and eggs.
Previously told the view that many iron is contained in apples. It is not true, because in the apples of iron is exactly as much as in the buckwheat. Just the apples contain ascorbic acid that improves iron absorption. Therefore, it is not necessary to force the child to feed with apples, and if he does not like berries and juices, it is better to give an old good vitaminka-ascorbing. By the way, few people know that dried white mushrooms (35 mg per 100 g), sea cauldron (16 mg per 100 g), cocoa powder (15 mg per 100 g), liver (9 mg per 100 g) G).
Do not be ill!
