Will my daughter be okay?

United States
June 7, 2012 11:34am CST
I just found out that my baby girl has anemia. She is almost 10 months old, and my first daughter. I'm worried because none of my other children had this illness and I know very little about it. We are giving her medication, and I'm wondering if this is a lifetime thing, will I have to worry about blood transfusions if she builds up too much iron in her blood. Does anyone have any experience with this situation?
5 responses
• United States
8 Jun 12
hi phillydreamer! i am sorry to hear that your daughter has this condition and also as a mother, empathetic about your concern! but i have had this condition before and it got better with vitamins and nutrition changes....it is very important to seek and follow medical advice especially with a child this young but i was an adult and had to be very careful...it can and will get better! take good care of your daughter and be positive.
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• United States
8 Jun 12
Well the medication the doctor prescribed seems to be helping as her hands and feet feel warmer, so I'm going to take that as a positive.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
8 Jun 12
I'm so sorry to hear this. You're baby's too little to be suffering from this. Anyway, i haven't experienced this but i know that she needs iron. Hope that it won't get too serious to lead to blood transfusion. I think it's not a lifetime thing. Wishing health for your baby.
• United States
8 Jun 12
Thanks, I'm hoping its not a lifetime thing. I started checking the labels on the baby food we are giving her, and I started feeding her the ones with more Iron.
8 Jun 12
Geting anemia in small baby reason for mother if mother health is not well then child ssuffer this type promble
• United States
8 Jun 12
I was anemic as a child and it was far from a lifelong thing. I simply ate more foods with iron content. Living on a farm made it easy to get fresh, luscious veggies that contain lots of it. I didn't take any iron medications because the food change did the trick. Good luck with your baby. I know she will be just fine.
• United States
8 Jun 12
I'm inspecting the labels in the baby food I feed her, and I'm noticing certain foods have more iron, so hopefully that's all I'll have to do for her.
• Pakistan
7 Jun 12
Hi! Anemia is the medical term for a deficiency of blood specifically red blood cells that carry oxygen. It can occur simply due to a deficient diet. Its very common in children to develop this deficiency. You need to talk to your doctor about investigating what the cause. She may not be taking enough iron in her diet and that has resulted in this deficiency. So you can start her on supplemental iron or better yet incorporate foods containing iron in to her diet. Unless you fin and out the exact nature, i don't think there is any cause to worry. Here in my country majority females population suffers from anemia and they don't even know about it! Meaning they function normally! Lemme know what becomes of it and if i can be any further help!
• United States
7 Jun 12
We are waiting for results on her twin brother, and if they both are suffering from it, we may look into the diet. Right now we have her on an iron supplement I believe, so hopefully that will do the trick.
• Pakistan
7 Jun 12
Good hopefully everything will turn out fine!
@banx03 (6)
• Lagos, Nigeria
7 Jun 12
i'm really sorry anaemia has no cure but can be managed the best way possible by letting your daughter take the enough food rich in iron basically and minerals
• United States
7 Jun 12
She's just so little, its frustrating that I cant protect her from this. Hopefully we can control it, and we never have to go through the hard stuff associated with it.