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Symptoms of anemia in children: Children often refuse to eat and drink, due to which they do not get adequate nutrition. This is the reason why the problem of anemia i.e. lack of blood is often seen in children. In this disease, the body of children is not able to produce sufficient number of red blood cells, due to which there is a lack of blood.
There are many symptoms seen when there is a lack of blood in the body of children. Due to this, they may face problems like lethargy, weakness and lack of appetite. If you are also seeing such symptoms in your children, then these signs should not be ignored at all. So let us know through this article what symptoms can be seen in children when they have anemia.
symptoms
- Children feel tired and weak
- The immune system will become weak
- restlessness and irritability
- Fatigue with little activity
- Pale and white color of face and skin
Because
Anemia in children can be caused by a lack of red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood. Children can also fall prey to it due to insufficient folic acid, vitamin-C deficiency, decreased red blood cell production. Premature birth and low birth weight babies may be at increased risk of anemia.
How to fill the gap?
- Do not let there be iron deficiency in the body of children. Apart from this, also ensure that children do not take excessive amounts of iron.
- Green vegetables, beans, dry fruits, eggs and non-vegetarian food also contain good amount of iron. In such a situation, feed these things to children. This increases the amount of red blood cells in their body.
- Feed children vitamin-C rich fruits like lemon, orange, tangerine, lime, tomato, and strawberry.
- Feed children fruits according to the season.
- Include proteins and vitamins in the diet.
