Anemia Support Group

Anemia (or anaemia), which literally means "without blood," is a deficiency of red blood cells and/or hemoglobin. This results in a reduced ability of blood to transfer oxygen to the tissues, and this causes hypoxia; since all human cells depend on oxygen for survival, varying degrees of anemia can have a wide range of clinical consequences.

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Does anyone know how anemia affects infants?

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My daughter (10 mos. old) was in the ER tonight for fever/bladder infection etc. And her bloodwork came back that she's pretty anemic. The doc seemed very concerned that we get her on a supplement or something VERY soon, as in we have a follow-up tommorrow. Does anyone know what effect anemia has on infants? I have iron deffecient anemia, and i know what the symptoms are for me but the doc didn't tell me anything beyound being so concerned about the supplement/follow-up.
Any help would be much apprecitated.
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My children were anemic as infants too, after I placed them on supplements it cleared up pretty rapidly. However there could be other reasons for your daughters anemia and it is worth getting checked into asap. My son was born with Hemolytic Anemia which is an Autoimmune Disease. Best of luck!
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Well her follow-up CBC showed that she is pretty anemic and is now on a high iron diet along with an iron supplement. plus she's still losing weight and has diahrria. the docs are scratching thier heads and trying to figure THAT out. I wonder if its connected..does anyone know?
(she's been on the supplment a week now and her diarrhia has only gotten worse...)
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