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Suggest Ways To Stop The Habit Of Eating Mud In A Child
Question: Hi,
My daughter is 2 years and seven months old. She eats a lot mud .
How should we stop this habbit?
My daughter is 2 years and seven months old. She eats a lot mud .
How should we stop this habbit?
Brief Answer:
CBC and stool for ova /cyst should be done
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to HCM.
Can understand your concerns.
Eating of mud in small babies is usually due to two reasons.
One is, in iron deficiency anemia the child has propensity towards eating mud as mud also contains iron. But, in addition worms infestation also occurs due to mud eating. Worms also lead to anemia.
For this, you should do complete blood count, stool for ova /cyst. If hemoglobin is low then iron syrup needs to be given. If worms in stool then deworming should be done.
Other cause is habitual eating. For this, you should stop the baby everytime she is eating mud.
I hope this will help you.
Wishing your child good health.
Take care.
CBC and stool for ova /cyst should be done
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to HCM.
Can understand your concerns.
Eating of mud in small babies is usually due to two reasons.
One is, in iron deficiency anemia the child has propensity towards eating mud as mud also contains iron. But, in addition worms infestation also occurs due to mud eating. Worms also lead to anemia.
For this, you should do complete blood count, stool for ova /cyst. If hemoglobin is low then iron syrup needs to be given. If worms in stool then deworming should be done.
Other cause is habitual eating. For this, you should stop the baby everytime she is eating mud.
I hope this will help you.
Wishing your child good health.
Take care.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar
So iron syrup or tablet should be given. Can you suggest a good iron tablet for a 3 year old baby girl.
Brief Answer:
Do CBC first
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Iron syrup will be better than tablet. There are many available in market like vitcofol, ferikind m, ferronia xt. But I suggest you to do complete blood count and based on the report iron syrup needs to be started.
Take care.
Do CBC first
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Iron syrup will be better than tablet. There are many available in market like vitcofol, ferikind m, ferronia xt. But I suggest you to do complete blood count and based on the report iron syrup needs to be started.
Take care.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar
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