Deficiency of hemoglobin at children – the frequent phenomenon. If significant deficit, then it is already possible to speak about anemia, and this state is dangerous to a children's organism as at it supply with oxygen of fabrics including a brain worsens. Treatment of deficiency of hemoglobin depends on its degree and on age of the child.
It is required to you
- - the products promoting increase in hemoglobin;
- - consultation of the hematologist
Instruction
1. Decrease in level of hemoglobin, in most cases, is caused by deficiency of iron, but, except it, there is still a set of the minerals responsible for creation of an organism. Ask the pediatrician whether there is an opportunity to make expanded analysis blood to define what microcell in a shortcoming at your child.
2. If in the child's diet the big share is made by breast milk, then do not try to reduce its consumption in favor of a feeding up. Breast milk contains protein under the name lactoferrin which contains iron ions. Bioavailability of iron from this protein – about 60% whereas from other products it seldom appears higher than 20%. Besides, the unripe enzymatic system of the kid is not ready to full digestion of "adult" food yet.
3. If the child on artificial feeding, or already rather adult, then correct its diet in favor of the products containing a large amount of the substances lifting hemoglobin. Iron is best of all acquired from meat products, especially from beef where the bioavailability of iron is 22%. Iron in fish products has bioavailability about 11%. Still a large amount of iron contains in buckwheat, peas, an egg yolk. Also it is necessary to take care of sufficient consumption of the products rich with folic acid, B12 and Page vitamins. These substances contain in various vegetables and fruit.
4. In case indicators of hemoglobin threaten health of the child, to manage only one correction of a diet will hardly leave, and there can be a need to give to the child iron medicines. Intake of such medicines surely has to be carried out under control of the doctor.