Preventing anemia

To avoid the occurrence of anemia, it is important that the vitamin increases energy intake and in relation to the needs of the body, variables at each stage of growth.

The growth and development of children is not uniform, but walking in stages more or less marked. The first, which goes from birth to four years, is called the first filling phase, from five to seven is the first spurt, the second filling is the period between eight and ten years, and finally, from eleven to fifteen, more or less, is on the second growth spurt.

For a healthy child, usually from 10 to 15% of calories eaten each day to the needs of its growth. During times of growth spurt, we need to give a diet rich in protein, vitamins and minerals, especially iron and especially calcium, which favor the formation of tissues.

What is that needs are covered with an adequate and balanced diet, but sometimes an overload of activity, exercise intensity, the concerns and excessive school work, quick breakfast or an insufficient and monotonous diet can adversely affect their health. Which decrease the amount of protein and iron coincide with increased needs in their development, leading many children to suffer from anemia.

The symptoms of this disease are overlapping and hence has to pay attention to the behavior of the child. The first sign that could give a clue is the tiredness. This is caused by a decrease of iron in red blood cells when to make an effort, carries oxygen to tissues.

Besides tired, you can submit more irritable, complaining of a headache too often suffer from insomnia, poor concentration, muscle cramps, etc.. Other symptoms are unusual paleness and dryness of the skin and mucous membranes, weakness in the nails or hair loss. Treatment. Once detected the possible anemia, the doctor prescribe a specific preparation of iron. Only those children have to take it with a large and anemia were administered before or after meals for three or four months, to stop a tank in the body. One caveat: while the treatment, the stool will be blackened.

Feeding against infant anemia

• The normal values in a blood test is 4.2 to 5.2 million red cells per cubic mm, the hemoglobin above 12 g and the iron 50 to 120 mg. Any suspicion, we must go to the doctor, who will indicate the next steps.

• All babies are born with an appropriate weight should be given an extra supply of iron between six months and year.

• The best way to combat anemia is to habituate children to follow a healthy diet, varied and balanced.

• We need to eat foods rich in iron and protein, which are best regenerating blood. Iron is found in the liver, either cow or chicken, beef or veal, bread, eggs, spinach, cheese, lentils, raisins and dried beans. Foods high in protein are milk and all its derivatives, meat, fish and eggs.

How to combat anemia

What foods are best suited to overcome the anemia caused by iron deficiency in the body?
As for meat, red and liver; when it comes to fish, sardines, anchovies, dried cod, clams and mussels.

Sausages, ham and loin crude. In the choice of vegetables and legumes, it should be decided by the spinach, the thistle, the beans, lentils and chickpeas. Also dried fruits (hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds, raisins and dried figs) and cereals.

Prevent anemia and pallor

• PREVENTION
Pallor and anemia
Some children have skin white in nature, but in other pallor may be a sign of anemia.
In this case, its color is white, not shades of yellow. To make sure the diagnosis is right, just to see whether the conjunctival of the eyes, mucous membranes of the nose and lips, as well as nails and the palms are also pale.

The most common cause of anemia is the lack of iron, needed to form hemoglobin. Sometimes this gap arises after an infection or other illness, or because the diet is poor in this mineral element.

But it also can cause anemia, bleeding, worms or some metabolic disorder that prevents the absorption of iron. In any case, the child should be examined by the pediatrician.