What is hemoglobin? They talk and talk a lot about him. Very dangerous when it is lowered. What is the danger of low hemoglobin in an infant? This is what the article was written about.
Hemoglobin in itself is a complex protein in our body. Its goal can be called the delivery of oxygen in the human body to various tissues and organs. It is part of the blood structure, that is, specifically in the composition of red bodies (red blood cells).
A person who has low hemoglobin can feel very bad. If a child suffers from a hemoglobin deficiency, then things are even worse. Constantly sore and dizzy, no mood. You feel constant lethargy, and general tiredness. For example, when a person with lowered hemoglobin sits and then rises abruptly, his eyes immediately darken, he becomes dizzy, and he becomes ill. One of the symptoms of reduced hemoglobin can be identified as dry skin. She becomes dry and pale.
The causes and consequences of the fact that hemoglobin in an infant can be low, a huge amount. For example, anemia, which as a result inhibits the mental development of the child. The cause of low hemoglobin in children can be poor nutrition and an insufficient amount of vitamins and minerals. Also, in infants, the disease can develop as a result of an early transition to artificial nutrition, which may also be associated with the use of non-adaptive mixtures for feeding. Breastfeeding should not be given cow or goat milk, nor does it need to teach a child only vegetarian food since childhood.
If you know the symptoms of the disease, then it is definitely recommended to take tests. In particular, this is a blood test that will show hemoglobin levels. The normal level for men is 130. For girls and women - 120. For children under the age of one, it can be 110.
How to increase low hemoglobin in an infant? There are several ways to do this.
- Medicine. In modern pharmacies, they sell a lot of all kinds of vitamins and tablets that can help increase the level of hemoglobin in the body. For infants, as a rule, iron-containing drugs are prescribed.
- This is proper nutrition. Hemoglobin in itself is found in natural and fresh foods. Almost all red vegetables and fruits contain hemoglobin in their structure. Babies are best fed with special mixtures, but meat should not be excluded from the diet. Especially hemoglobin is very much in the composition of red beets. It is simply boiled and eaten daily. This helps to increase hemoglobin in the blood and improve health.
Hemoglobin deficiency is an iron deficiency in the body. Iron is directly an integral element of our body. Its decrease entails a very dangerous and unpleasant disease - anemia. Anemia affects more than half of the entire population of Russia. But all this is due to an improper diet. A lack of iron can cause a person to faint, and weaken the immune system.
People with such problems are advised to eat apples. The presence of vitamins, in particular C, will help the body absorb iron several times faster. Apples are rich in this vitamin, so their joint use with meat helps a lot to restore iron in the body.
In order to avoid such problems, everyone should closely monitor their diet. Prevention of anemia is very important and requires special attention. Timely use of vitamins or constant consumption of those foods in which there is a lot of iron needed by the body will save a person from the development of such an insidious disease.
Low hemoglobin in an infant is one of the current problems. It can occur for several reasons. One such reason is the low iron content in the mother's body. A lack of vitamins in the first months of life can also cause low hemoglobin in the infant. Any disturbances in the mother’s body - these can be diseases, metabolic disorders, and others - can provoke the development of the disease.
Special vitamins that are present in modern baby food will help increase low hemoglobin in infants. The main thing is to timely detect this problem and take the necessary measures to eliminate it. Typically, a diagnosis is made immediately, with blood tests, even in the hospital. Therefore, as a rule, starting treatment on time is not difficult, as a result of which you can achieve a speedy recovery.