Mild anemia in children is often asymptomatic, but when Hb is lower than 70~80g/L there are often obvious clinical symptoms, with varying degrees of pallor, depression, loss of appetite, emaciation and so on. After the diagnosis of anemia, it is necessary to treat the cause and symptoms; for example, iron deficiency anemia, megaloblastic anemia, etc., it is necessary to supplement iron or vitamin B12, folic acid, etc. to treat the cause.
The general manifestation of anemia in children is pale skin and mucous membrane, which is most obvious in the mucous membrane of mouth and lips, eyelid conjunctiva and nail bed. Anemia accompanied by fever, large liver and spleen, enlarged lymph nodes, backwardness of intellectual development and jaundice should be alerted to the existence of other underlying diseases; children should go to the hospital in time for diagnosis through auxiliary tests such as routine blood test and blood smear if they have the above symptoms.
The key to the treatment of anemia lies in clarifying and eliminating the causes and underlying diseases that lead to anemia. For example, nutritional anemia caused by iron, vitamin B12 or folic acid deficiency should focus on reasonable feeding, balanced diet and treatment measures such as iron supplementation or vitamin B12 and folic acid supplementation; hemorrhagic anemia caused by peptic ulcer must be treated, such as ulcer disease; and diseases caused by leukemia need to be given chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation.
Meanwhile, for the current anemia, component blood transfusion can be given to improve the anemia status as soon as possible.
Note: Children with the above symptoms should go to the hospital in time to clarify the cause of the disease, and should not use their own medication or treatment.