Iron and Your Child

Iron and important nutrients necessary for the child. Valhdid enters the formation of hemoglobin in hemoglobin, which is part of the red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen to various parts of the body.
Iron and your Iron and Your Child
Red blood cells pass through different parts of the body to supply all the cells of the body with oxygen to them. And without the presence of iron in sufficient quantities, the body can not configure the required quantities of red blood cells, and thus the cells of the body is not up to the amount of oxygen is adequate to carry out its functions in an integrated manner. Therefore, attention must be paid and child care to give him adequate amounts of iron in the daily duties.

The amount of iron needed by the child per day
Vary the amount of iron needed by the child depending on the age of the child.

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Baby, who depends on the breastfeeding mother's breast gets the amount needed by the iron through breast milk until the child reaches 4: 6 months of age.
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Baby 6-12 months of age need 11 milligrams of iron daily.
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Child 1-12 year needed 70-10 milligrams of iron daily.
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At the age of adolescence: boys need 11 milligrams of iron daily. The girls need separate 15 mg of iron daily. And because the girls need a larger amount of iron to compensate for the blood that inspecting every month during the menstrual cycle.

Iron deficiency

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After the child reaches 12 months of age is susceptible to iron deficiency because it was no longer deals with iron-fortified formula milk or cereals fortified with iron, and at the same time does not deal with foods that contain adequate amounts of iron.

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Child eating large quantities of cow's milk (more of 710 ml per day) can make it susceptible to iron deficiency. And because of the following:
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Bovine milk contains a small amount of iron.
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Dealt with the child for bovine milk makes a large amount does not feel hungry but a little, and do not eat other foods rich in iron.
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Cow's milk reduces the absorption of iron.

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Girls are more susceptible to iron deficiency as a result of lack of access to adequate amounts of iron that make up the lost blood iron during the menstrual cycle.

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Children teen athletes to be more susceptible to iron deficiency because they need a larger amount of iron to compensate for lost during acute exercise.

And iron deficiency affects the growth of the child. And can evolve and get the child shall be iron deficiency anemia there is a shortage in the number of red blood cells in the body.

Symptoms of iron deficiency
Most of the children that have iron deficiency does not appear to have obvious symptoms only occur with anemia. Appears some of the symptoms on the child such as:

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Fatigue and general weakness.
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Pallor of the face and mucous membranes.
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Rapid heartbeat.
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Dizziness.
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Poor appetite.

Iron-rich foods
Although the iron resides in the different types of foods but the body's absorption of iron found in meat is easier to absorb iron found in other plant foods.

And iron-rich foods that you must be careful to give her the mother of the child are:

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Red meat.
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Tuna.
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Salmon.
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Eggs.
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Dry beans.
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Peas.
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Dried fruit.
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Leafy green vegetables.
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Iron-fortified cereals.

Ensure that children have access to iron
There are some simple tips to ensure that children have access to an adequate amount of iron:

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Not to overindulge in the amount of milk covered by the child day Vtkon 470 ml to 700 ml and no more than that.
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Continue to give the baby iron-fortified cereal until the age of 18-24 months of age.
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Child eating foods that contain vitamin C next to the foods that contain iron, it increases the body's absorption of iron. And an example of these foods were tomatoes, broccoli, oranges, strawberries.