Iron Deficient Anemia
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Iron Deficient Anemia Prevention
Prevention of
iron
deficient
anemia
includes:
Do not give cow's milk to an infant:
Provide infants cereal that is fortified with
iron
.
Cow's milk does not contain enough
iron
.
Take prenatal vitamins if you are
pregnant
:
As directed by your doctor
Take
iron supplements
if you are a vegetarian.
Take a vitamin B supplement twice a week.
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Iron Deficient Anemia Outlook
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Last Updated: May 27, 2008
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Stephen J. Schueler, MD
;
John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Iron Deficient Anemia References:
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Ioannou GN, Dominitz JA, Weiss NS, Heagerty PJ, Kowdley KV. The effect of alcohol consumption on the prevalence of iron overload, iron deficiency, and iron deficiency anemia. Gastroenterology. 2004 May;126(5):1293-301.
Lozoff B, De Andraca I, Castillo M, Smith JB, Walter T, Pino P. Behavioral and developmental effects of preventing iron-deficiency anemia in healthy full-term infants. Pediatrics. 2003 Oct;112(4):846-54.
Sinclair LM, Hinton PS. Prevalence of iron deficiency with and without anemia in recreationally active men and women. J Am Diet Assoc. 2005 Jun;105(6):975-8.
White KC. Anemia is a poor predictor of iron deficiency among toddlers in the United States: for heme the bell tolls. Pediatrics. 2005 Feb;115(2):315-20.
