Learn How to deal with your child's Anemia

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Learn How to Deal with Your Child's Anemia
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What is Anemia ?

• When the red blood cells (RBC) count decreases
  below normal for your childs age, in medical
  terms it is known as anemia.
• Your child may become anemic if his or her body
• Does not produce enough red blood cells
• Destroys too many red blood cells.
• Loses red blood cells through bleeding.

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Symptoms of anemia

• Irritability
  Weakness
  mild or severe
• Ashy, gray or pale skin appearance
  Easily getting tired
• Eyelids lining and nail beds look less
  pink May be jaundice
• Shortness of breath
  Increased heart rate
• Feet and hands swelling
  Low energy, dizziness
• Less focus and less performance
  Headache

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causes of anemia in children?

• Generally, children get anemic during their rapid
  growth and developmental stage. Infants in first
  and second year and when children reach
  adolescence anemic condition can happen.

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• Body does not produce enough RBC due to lack of
  iron and other nutrients in diet.
• When child suffers from illness- this results in
  less number of RBC
• Inherited red blood cells disorder (for ex.
  Sickle cell anemia)
• Autoimmune hemolytic anemia when bodys immune
  system mistakenly attacks own RBC and destroys
• Bleeding obvious blood loss during menstrual
  cycle or long term low grade blood loss in stool
  (as an example)
• Body producing red blood cells slowly
• Iron deficit food intake

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How to prevent anemia in children?

• Eating well balanced diet is very important. Talk
  to your pediatrician on specific foods and
  dietary restrictions based on the type of diet
  your family has. Sometimes nutrition supplements
  is needed for child to get back to normal RBC
  count.

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Nutrition and food advice

• If you have a baby, give your baby formula with
  added iron.
• For young children grains and cereals have added
  iron for this study the label.
• Lentils, Instant oatmeal, spinach, whole wheat
  bread, peanut butter, brown rice, potatoes, beans
  (kidney, lima and navy), raisin, spinach, kale,
  beets, fig yellow and green vegetables supply
  good amount of iron
• Encourage your child to drink citrus and orange
  juice.
• Foods like beets, garlic, apricots, almonds,
  broccoli, molasses, banana helps in prevention of
  anemia
• For those children, who have inherited RBC
  condition parents should talk to pediatric
  hematologist to get proper education about your
  childs condition.

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