Nutritious iron deficiency anemia in children is a common anemia disease in pediatrics. It has a high incidence among children aged 6 months to 2 years old. It mainly occurs because the children are picky about food or the parents' unreasonable addition of complementary food.
children mainly show weakness, loss of appetite, weight loss or loss, pale complexion, etc. When the situation is serious, they may even show symptoms such as pica and spoonful of tartar , which is not conducive to the growth and development of the children.
Traditional medicine mentions that iron deficiency anemia occurs due to the deficiency of both qi and blood in the body. It can be treated by replenishing qi and replenishing blood, etc., and can also be treated with traditional Chinese medicine prevention and health care combined with iron dextran dispersed tablets.
1. What are the methods of preventive health care in traditional Chinese medicine?
①Health education: Strengthen health education for children's parents to prevent the children from causing spleen and stomach damage due to improper diet and improper medication. At the same time, let them know that the grain is strong and the qi is strong, and the diet is balanced and sufficient, so that the spleen and stomach qi can be filled. It emphasizes that the five grains are nourished, the five fruits are helpful, the five animals are beneficial, and the five vegetables are enriched, which should be used to replenish essence and strengthen qi.
② Dietary guidance: advises children not to picky food to ensure balanced nutrition and prevent malnutrition; at the same time, pay attention to adding complementary food to the children reasonably. If necessary, add iron appropriately to the children's food to ensure iron supplementation.
③Health care measures: follows the principles of "dialectical and nursing" and "three adaptations" to formulate traditional Chinese medicine prevention and health care plans for children, involving nutritional combination of medicinal and diet, traditional Chinese medicine emotional nursing, and traditional Chinese medicine exercise guidance.
. In terms of the combination of medicinal diet and dietary nutrition, the medicinal diet formula is strictly followed, and Chinese medicine and some medicinal foods are prepared into food for children to eat; Chinese medicine emotional care means improving the emotional state of children through methods such as transference, emotional remission, and emotional victory; Chinese medicine exercise guidance means guiding children to cooperate with children to carry out traditional Chinese medicine health care exercises, including " Tai Chi " and "Five Animal Play".
2. What are the consequences of iron deficiency anemia in children? Why choose to use iron dextran dispersed tablets for treatment?
In recent years, the incidence of nutritional iron deficiency anemia in children has been increasing, and its occurrence is directly related to the lack of iron in the children's body. After the onset, the children will experience symptoms such as fatigue, mental depression, decreased appetite and pale complexion. When the condition is serious, it will also affect their growth and development. Some children are not actively controlled due to their condition, and may even be in danger of life, resulting in death of the children.
At present, for children with nutritional iron deficiency anemia, it is recommended to use iron agent to supplement the body's iron elements. Dextran iron dispersed tablets are commonly used iron agents for clinical supplementation of iron elements. They contain dextran complexes, iron hydroxide and other ingredients, which can effectively improve the iron level in the children's body, fundamentally correct their anemia symptoms, and promote the growth and development of the children.
Dextran iron dispersion tablets can be taken orally and can be directly dissolved in water. It can enter the iron molecular reserve tissue through the blood circulation channel of the human body and remain in the jejunum, duodenum and other parts for a long time, thereby playing a long-term iron supplement effect, alleviating the anemia symptoms of patients due to lack of iron, and avoiding the patient's recurrence of the disease due to insufficient iron supplement dose in the later stage.
Traditional Chinese medicine preventive health care refers to a theoretical understanding and technical method for preventing diseases and health care under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine's core concept of "treatment of diseases". It is an important part of traditional Chinese medicine. Its application rate in clinical practice has been increasing in recent years and has been unanimously recognized by clinical and patients.
study found that children with iron dextran oral liquid added traditional Chinese medicine preventive health care based on iron dextran oral liquid, and compared with the treatment with iron dextran alone, the results showed that the total clinical effectiveness of the research group was 98%, higher than 80% of the control group; it was suggested that for children with nutrient iron deficiency anemia, adding traditional Chinese medicine preventive health care based on iron dextran oral liquid, can effectively improve clinical efficacy and promote their symptoms.
3. In addition, mothers and fathers can also feed their children foods with high iron content, or they can follow the following recipes:
1. Pork liver lean meat porridge:
- Recipe: 50 grams of fresh pork liver, 50 grams of fresh lean pork, 50 grams of rice, 15 ml of oil, and a little salt.
- Preparation method: Wash and chop pork liver and lean meat, add oil and salt to appropriate amount of rice, put it in hot pot, add appropriate amount of water, cook until the porridge is cooked, and then cook until the meat is cooked.
- Usage: 1 dose per day or 1 dose the next day; 1 or 2 times after eating, and can be eaten for a long time.
- Function: Strengthen the spleen and replenish qi. Suitable for iron deficiency pelvic blood, celebrating the disease and night blindness.
2, spinach pork liver soup :
- Recipe: 200 grams of fresh spinach, 100 grams of pork liver, 15 ml of oil. A little salt.
- Preparation method: Wash the spinach, chop the pork liver and cut it into small slices, mix well with oil and salt, add ml of water to a set pot, boil it and add spinach and pork liver, and cook until the pork liver is cooked.
- Usage: Drink soup, eat spinach and pork liver, 1 dose a day, once a day, and you can eat it for a long time.
- Function: Strengthen the spleen and replenish blood. Suitable for iron deficiency anemia and mild symptoms.
In short, traditional Chinese medicine preventive health care can encourage children to develop good habits such as living, eating and exercise, improve the balance and targetedness of their nutritional intake, and thus help improve the nutritional status of their body and promote the recovery of their related blood indicators.
Reference materials:
[1] Wang Yanfei. Dietary therapy for children with iron deficiency anemia [J]. Family Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2003(03):51-52.
[2] Zhang Fan, Wang Zhiping. Application effect of dextran iron dispersed tablets for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy [J]. Contemporary Chinese Medicine, 2021, 28(27):140-142+146.
[3] Wang Cuicui, Zhou Changming, Wang Lan, Zhang Yu, Zhang Hui. The effect of traditional Chinese medicine prevention and health care combined with dextran iron oral liquid in the treatment of nutritional iron deficiency anemia in children and its impact on related blood indicators [J]. Shanxi Medical Journal, 2021, 50(20):2866-2869.
