Sesi Tanya Pakar bersama Dr. Mohd Azri, Pakar Pediatrik Fakulti Perubatan & Sains Kesihatan UPM

Heme iron sources are easily absorbed (beef, chicken, fish). Howevere non-heme iron is more easily available such as green leafy vegetables, iron fortified milk or cereals, tofu, chickpeas. With non-heme iron, it is adviced to also take foods rich in vitamin C to improve iron absorption (e.g oranges, kiwi etc).

Anaemia can occur in newborn babies (depending on the cause - it can be due to bleeding for any reason, or severe infection) with premature babies being at highest risk due to less iron stores.

Waalaikumsalam. Tanda-tanda awal penyakit anaemia adalah anak cepat lesu atau letih (kurang bermain, banyak tidur atau baring sahaja), kurang tumpuan (short attention span) dan kemudiannya akan kelihatan pucat. Sekiranya dibiarkan, pembesaran anak akan terbantut dan perkembangan akan terjejas.

There are causes of anaemia which is inherited such as thalassaemia, sickle cell disease and hereditary spherocytosis. No, anaemia is not transmitted from child to child.

Pengambilan makanan yang mempunyai zat besi yang tinggi berserta vitamin C akan membantu meningkatkan penyerapan zat besi di usus kanak-kanak. Ibu bapa juga perlu elakkan memberi makanan yang mengurangkan penyerapan zat besi seperti teh, kopi dan sedikit sebanyak minuman koko.

Bergantung kepada jenis anaemia yang dihidapi ibu - jika anaemia ibu disebabkan penyakit keturunan seperti pembawa thalassemia, anak mempunyai risiko mendapat penyakit yang sama.

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Studies have shown that children with anaemia compared with children without anaemia would have lower test scores. It has been shown that anaemia may affect a child's cognitive thinking and cause reduced or short attention span.