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General & SystemicMild
Nutritional Anaemia
Pediatrics · General & Systemic
Mild
Severity
Very common — a leading nutritional deficiency among children, particularly in developing regions
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Pediatrics
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Most commonly caused by inadequate dietary intake of iron
- 2particularly in children who consume excessive milk with limited iron-rich solid foods
- 3or diets lacking vitamin B12 and folate. Other contributing factors include chronic blood loss from intestinal parasites
- 4malabsorption conditions affecting nutrient uptake
- 5and rapid growth periods that increase nutritional demands beyond what the diet provides. Premature birth and low birth weight also increase susceptibility to iron deficiency in infancy.
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